Re: Muslim Blood - Cheap Commodity by Yvonne Ridley
Crescent, you are a fine specimen of how blind we are as an ummah. Jahil, but educated, a paradox of a nation.
Can you please tell me how the British Parliament collapsed when the Ottoman Empire fell? Ive heard this among Pakistani Emotionally Handicapped religious oriented people many times, but the truth of the matter is the British Empire only used religion as a vehicle of power, not as an ideological struggle. If it behooved them to destroy Islam for material gain, they did. When it didnt: Partition of India, they let be.
As far as relations between the British and Turks, the British Empire and French Empire had great relations with the Osmanli Empire; they needed a "barrier" between themselves and the Russians. The Russian Empire was the "other" in the European powers system, being Orthodox Christian for longer than the Protestants and Catholics.
Secondly, even if foreign forces were not in our nations, we would still act the same uncouth and barbaric like. We would begin to kill ourselves between religious and ethnic differences. Afterall the May 2007 MQM incident wasnt foreign influenced. Nor was the regime of the Saudis or the inept and corrupt governments from East to West. We as a people are backwards and disorganized. Foreign powers have long come multiple times:
Tang Empire
Byzantine Empire
Crusades
Mongol Expansion
It isnt the first time, but we cant protect ourselves because we are corrupt and infighting, not because we are inherently weak.
You are right that the Saddam regime didnt have WMDs, and the biggest proof of that is that they were invaded. Because if they did have WMDs they would have never been invaded just like North Korea. Diplomacy is different from invasion.
However your theory on Muslims not invading and causing 911 is also illogical. Do you think all these wars being fought are fake? If so, why are the Arabs and Pakistanis working for them? Why are their London and Madrid and New York and Amsterdam killings? Randomly?
Crescent: I am seeing your comments after a little time and clearly this thread has gone from A to Z while I was gone. I'd reply to your comments to me, but I think Biddah has taken pretty good care of it. Its exactly what I was thinking in response to your comments.