Comments on: Islamist Curricula - UPDATED http://dumpendebat.net/2007/07/25/islamist-curricula/ A sniff in the kortevar, that what you cry for, yeled? A prert up the cull, a prang on the dumpendebat? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:06:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: appletree » Blog Archive » Friday Links: ‘Galileo’s Final Thoughts on Fundamentalism’ Edition http://dumpendebat.net/2007/07/25/islamist-curricula/#comment-7138 appletree » Blog Archive » Friday Links: ‘Galileo’s Final Thoughts on Fundamentalism’ Edition Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:26:02 +0000 http://dumpendebat.net/2007/07/25/islamist-curricula/#comment-7138 [...] Dumpendebat reports that Crazy Pam Oshry has enlisted some allies in her crusade against teaching the Arabic language in public schools (background here). They want the US to attack Iran, Syria, and Jordan, but they don’t want anyone in the US to be able to speak Arabic. Of course, Crazy Pam, Mark Steyn, and their new pals at the New York Sun will tell you that they’re not motivated by bigotry, but by legitimate concerns for security. [...] [...] Dumpendebat reports that Crazy Pam Oshry has enlisted some allies in her crusade against teaching the Arabic language in public schools (background here). They want the US to attack Iran, Syria, and Jordan, but they don’t want anyone in the US to be able to speak Arabic. Of course, Crazy Pam, Mark Steyn, and their new pals at the New York Sun will tell you that they’re not motivated by bigotry, but by legitimate concerns for security. [...]

]]> By: gordo http://dumpendebat.net/2007/07/25/islamist-curricula/#comment-7135 gordo Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:21:20 +0000 http://dumpendebat.net/2007/07/25/islamist-curricula/#comment-7135 It's obvious that Pam Oshry and Mark Steyn are motivated more by bigotry than by concern for security. If anyone doubted that, the "Arabic is not just another language" silliness should have convinced them. Unfortunately, there's a faction within our foreign policy apparatus that is also motivated more by bigotry than by the need to fight terrorism. I think that's why there's still a push to invade and occupy Iran, despite the fact that it would only double the problems we're having in Iraq and Afghanistan, and fuel anti-Americanism throughout the Islamic world. In fact, for them the anti-Americanism is not a bug, but a feature. The more terrorism there is, the freer a hand we can take when killing Muslims. It’s obvious that Pam Oshry and Mark Steyn are motivated more by bigotry than by concern for security. If anyone doubted that, the “Arabic is not just another language” silliness should have convinced them.

Unfortunately, there’s a faction within our foreign policy apparatus that is also motivated more by bigotry than by the need to fight terrorism. I think that’s why there’s still a push to invade and occupy Iran, despite the fact that it would only double the problems we’re having in Iraq and Afghanistan, and fuel anti-Americanism throughout the Islamic world.

In fact, for them the anti-Americanism is not a bug, but a feature. The more terrorism there is, the freer a hand we can take when killing Muslims.

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