tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post1228516235171130725..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Libby Indictment is Amazingly Small in the Bush Scope of ThingsJake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-13612870679111181002005-10-31T00:46:27.000-06:002005-10-31T00:46:27.000-06:00They're seen for what they are. Extreme Arab ...They're seen for what they are. Extreme Arab Sunni's attacking Arab Shia and Kurds.<br><br>We've got the politics right here. We're siding with the politically oppressed in the middle east for a change: the Shia and the Kurds. It's the best way to support a Islamic opposition to Bin Ladinism.Bill Baarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-42565477314039003682005-10-30T14:45:32.000-06:002005-10-30T14:45:32.000-06:00Hello, Tom --I've been reading Robert Pape'...Hello, Tom --<br><br>I've been reading Robert Pape's "Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism." Regarding attempts to compare the US occupation of Germany after WWII with the current occupation of Iraq, Pape recalls comments by Edelstein: "...the threat from the Soviet Union dampened national resistance to American occupation of Germany and Japan during the Cold War and created a powerful basis for the establishment of deep institutional bonds that reinforced cooperation among alliance partners."<br><br>Suicide bombers are seen as attempting to protect their community from US occupation, not a stronger external force.Bob in Park Forestnoreply@blogger.com