Eben, Think of all the cool sand you could get over there for your glass blowing.
That General is allowed to do that, as long as he is not in uniform. I am allowed to go to war protest or political conventions, but I am not allowed to wear my uniform or make official statements. Then again, I don't make official statements anyways. If I know this, why doesn't the General.
RI Popper I agree with you. Theocracies will not dissolve in the middle east (would give up a crown?) They will slowly go away. UAE is on the verge of democracy, as is Iran and Qatar. Oman and Saudi will be the last.
I don't think that Islam is our enemy. Most folks in the mid east believe that Osama and Hussien are freaks.
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