-> On 01 Jan 09  13:07:38, Richard Webb got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: American Taliban!

 RW> what we also miss, or many do when understanding how the
 RW> wahhabis got so thoroughly radicalized is that Qutb was an
 RW> Islamic theological scholar who lived through occupation,
 RW> from his pov and that of others, by EUropean powers post WW
 RW> I.  

The redrawing of country lines after WW I provided for far more conflicts 
than it cured.  

Western countries expect the Middle East to respond as westerners.  
However, the cultural difference is too great.  Thus, the expected 
results rarely come close to being achieved.  

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