We do not hate the Americans and British, we hate the ideas they have brought here. We will now fight every person who tries to bring those ideas, including the Iraqi Governing Council. We do not want their capitalism, we do not want communism. We have our own ideas about how we want our country to be run in a Muslim way. We support the Shia leader Muqtada Sadr, not because of his ideas; they are not good or bad. We are supporting him with money, weapons and men because he is against the Americans.
– the commander of the mujahideen’s in Garma in the Sunni Triangle
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Samizdata slogan of the dayApril 11th, 2004 |
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Not worth saving, I swear.
The commander sounds like a flatlander to me. He suffers from a malady not unique to Islam.
I thought that the whole point of liberal democracy was that
We all have our own ideas about how we want our country to be run
But then what would I know, I’m a Westerner
Couldn’t have said it better myself… whatever it was he said!
Yes, run it the Islamic way because Iran, Afghanistan and SA are/were such successes.