Comments on: A born-again American idiot http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: George Carty http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot#comment-1774 George Carty Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:22:49 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot#comment-1774 <blockquote>Yes, the "People's Democratic Republic of Yemen" was communist, but I don't think that was freely chosen by the people either</blockquote> Was <i>any</i> Communist regime freely chosen by the people? Yes, the “People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen” was communist, but I don’t think that was freely chosen by the people either

Was any Communist regime freely chosen by the people?

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Yes, the “People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen” was communist, but I don’t think that was freely chosen by the people either - in fact, they were very brutal and killed many shuyookh including Habib Umar’s father. Some of the brothers I met when Habib Ali first came to London in 1999 told me some of the terrible things they did there and in Oman when they tried to take over there as well.

]]> By: UmmZaid http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot#comment-1772 UmmZaid Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:54:42 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot#comment-1772 Salaam 'Alaikum Wasn't "The People's Republic of S. Yemen" a communist country for a while there? Or not? Salaam ‘Alaikum

Wasn’t “The People’s Republic of S. Yemen” a communist country for a while there? Or not?

]]> By: sindbad http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot#comment-1771 sindbad Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:04:30 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot#comment-1771 Hitchens was a wolf in a sheep's clothing before Sept. 11, 2001. His advertorial journalism may have received hand clapping from the naif, but nothing can compare to his visceral hatred of Islam. As Juan Cole wrote: "the point about his drinking problem is not ad hominem." Fortunately, the people commenting on The Guardian are more sophisticated than those who read Hitchens' garbage on Vanity Fair. Hitchens is perhaps the most overrated Western columnist. Iraq is not just similar to Vietnam but worse. This is a fact Hitchens and other armchair bombers of the Left can't acknowledge, because they didn't approve of Viet Nam, mostly because it was fashionable. Hitchens and his minions are now the cheerleaders of the genocide that is Iraq, and any amount of prattling won't work. Hitchens was a wolf in a sheep’s clothing before Sept. 11, 2001. His advertorial journalism may have received hand clapping from the naif, but nothing can compare to his visceral hatred of Islam. As Juan Cole wrote: “the point about his drinking problem is not ad hominem.” Fortunately, the people commenting on The Guardian are more sophisticated than those who read Hitchens’ garbage on Vanity Fair. Hitchens is perhaps the most overrated Western columnist.

Iraq is not just similar to Vietnam but worse. This is a fact Hitchens and other armchair bombers of the Left can’t acknowledge, because they didn’t approve of Viet Nam, mostly because it was fashionable. Hitchens and his minions are now the cheerleaders of the genocide that is Iraq, and any amount of prattling won’t work.

]]> By: DrM http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot#comment-1770 DrM Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:59:59 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot#comment-1770 Best way to describe Hitchens : a drink soaked popinjay. Another neocon clown who's been proven wrong. Best way to describe Hitchens : a drink soaked popinjay. Another neocon clown who’s been proven wrong.

]]> By: cncz http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot#comment-1769 cncz Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:36:12 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/08/27/a_born-again_american_idiot#comment-1769 Sigh. What happened to Christopher Hitchens? He used to be so bright, even when I disagreed with him, I "got it." (one of the last articles he wrote for The Nation comes to mind) Now I just wonder. Sigh. What happened to Christopher Hitchens? He used to be so bright, even when I disagreed with him, I “got it.” (one of the last articles he wrote for The Nation comes to mind) Now I just wonder.

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