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akbacchus_BC

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29. What you know about the Saudis, except they were friends of George, the lesser of two evils?

Reply to longship (Reply #25)

Sat Nov 14, 2015, 04:34 AM

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The Hard Truth About Islamic Fundamentalism [View all] ericson00 Nov 2015 OP

Who funds the ideology? CJCRANE Nov 2015 #1

see, the thing is its not the Saudi gov, but Saudi citizens ericson00 Nov 2015 #2

Is there some reason why you said the exact same thing twice? Blue_In_AK Nov 2015 #3

Salafism flamingdem Nov 2015 #4

how about Iran and Hezbollah? ericson00 Nov 2015 #5

Are you in Lebanon? nt CJCRANE Nov 2015 #6

Should have said less flamingdem Nov 2015 #7

It's a mess. Our western leaders (plus their allies) are trying to act like one bloc CJCRANE Nov 2015 #8

Oil still rules. flamingdem Nov 2015 #9

that is a big problem, and a conundrum ericson00 Nov 2015 #12

Wrong SereneG Nov 2015 #38

the problem includes both shia and sunni elements ericson00 Nov 2015 #42

Are you a professor of Islamic Fundamentalism? akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #10

why, what's factually wrong about what I'm saying? ericson00 Nov 2015 #11

I asked if you are a professor of Islamic Ideology. Please answer the question. akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #14

Your post would be much easier to read Blue_In_AK Nov 2015 #15

my bad, I didn't realize that ericson00 Nov 2015 #19

The funny thing is, many of the best Islamic scholars are American. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #13

I so agree with you about the American Islamic scholars. They probably broke away akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #16

given how Islamist terror affects people on all inhabited continents, ericson00 Nov 2015 #18

Oh please, is that your answer? You are a fake in representing Islam or what it stands for! akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #20

can you read? This diary thread isn't about Islam as a whole! Or Muslim individuals! ericson00 Nov 2015 #21

I can read very well. You are just being a pretzel on here. Give it up! akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #22

where did I generalize about a whole religion? ericson00 Nov 2015 #23

Where did I imply you are racist. I have no clue who you are, this is the internet! akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #24

the ones with influence are in the Middle East ericson00 Nov 2015 #17

In Saudi Arabia you might be beheaded for such a post. longship Nov 2015 #25

I would like to comment on your post but it might be against akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #26

I don't and didn't like the Bushes ericson00 Nov 2015 #28

Well, you have a good point. longship Nov 2015 #32

touche! and not just Hitchens, but Bill Maher as well, ericson00 Nov 2015 #27

You forgot to mention Cheney, how could you forget that evil guy! akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #30

What you know about the Saudis, except they were friends of George, the lesser of two evils? akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #29

this isn't about Bush ericson00 Nov 2015 #40

Agreed. 100% hifiguy Nov 2015 #43

Salman Rushdie keeps trying to point out this is basically a war for the heart and soul of Islam Warpy Nov 2015 #31

you sound like a right winger rockfordfile Nov 2015 #33

That person is a right winger, can you not guess? akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #34

At least they're honest about it. Flying Squirrel Nov 2015 #35

I may be wrong but I think you are being sarcastic. Iraq did not do anything against akbacchus_BC Nov 2015 #36

I did include a sarcasm tag. Flying Squirrel Nov 2015 #37

The hard truth is that most of your posts is meaningless pablum Scootaloo Nov 2015 #39

Exactly. And par for the course. marmar Nov 2015 #41