No, my friend, much worse. We look like cowards. Muslim culture actually respects people who are good liars (double-standards, etc.) but they absolutely despise any signs of weakness or cowardice.
I expected them to maintain a line
Oh, they do, it just isn't a very straight line :) Soon after 9/11 White House held an after-Ramadan celebration dinner where W invited all the prominent Muslim clerics in the land. Some ass-kissing commenced. Many of those clerics are (and were) known for the extremist rhetoric they spew from the pulpits of their mosques.
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Date: 2006-02-03 08:17 pm (UTC)No, my friend, much worse. We look like cowards. Muslim culture actually respects people who are good liars (double-standards, etc.) but they absolutely despise any signs of weakness or cowardice.
I expected them to maintain a line
Oh, they do, it just isn't a very straight line :) Soon after 9/11 White House held an after-Ramadan celebration dinner where W invited all the prominent Muslim clerics in the land. Some ass-kissing commenced. Many of those clerics are (and were) known for the extremist rhetoric they spew from the pulpits of their mosques.