Kidnappings in Iraq: When Will It Stop
Dozens of Red Crescent (i.e., Red Cross) workers were kidnapped in Iraq earlier today. What do the Iraqi militias think they are doing? These people are trying to help Iraqis independent of religion or ethnic status. Why would any military group target completely innocent and unarmed individuals and destroy the very help their country needs to get better? I can tell you. It is people who do not want things to get better. Just as the Taliban in Afghanistan destroy schools, murder teachers, and destroy newly built infrastructure, various ethnic and tribal groups in Iraq also do not want things to improve. It would hurt their chances to once again have their tiny groups reign supreme as they once did before the coming of the British. How 19th Century! What is with Iraqis, or Arabs for that matter, that makes them revel in the destruction of their homeland and people, the raping of their wives and daughters, and the murdering of their sons. There is something very sick going on in that part of the world.
You know, I know a lot of Arabs living in the United States and other places in the world outside of the Middle East and those are incredibly gifted, smart, funny, and self-depreciating people. What is it about their homelands that makes their male population no better than brutish beasts. I guess it is because the people I know are highly educated, so I would harbor a guess that the bad behavior of the Arabs in the Middle East is not because they are any less peace loving or gifted than anyone else. It has to be with the sorry state of education in that part of the world and the lack of introspection and dialog unfettered by destructive interpretations of the Koran and other Muslim religious texts. What we have in Iraq today is "Lord of the Flies" with AK 47s. How long will it take Iraqi leaders to squash the violent gangs that they once used to gain power or to decide that enough is enough.
What ever they decide to do, they should leave the innocent people who just want to get on with their lives and live some kind of real life alone.
You know, I know a lot of Arabs living in the United States and other places in the world outside of the Middle East and those are incredibly gifted, smart, funny, and self-depreciating people. What is it about their homelands that makes their male population no better than brutish beasts. I guess it is because the people I know are highly educated, so I would harbor a guess that the bad behavior of the Arabs in the Middle East is not because they are any less peace loving or gifted than anyone else. It has to be with the sorry state of education in that part of the world and the lack of introspection and dialog unfettered by destructive interpretations of the Koran and other Muslim religious texts. What we have in Iraq today is "Lord of the Flies" with AK 47s. How long will it take Iraqi leaders to squash the violent gangs that they once used to gain power or to decide that enough is enough.
What ever they decide to do, they should leave the innocent people who just want to get on with their lives and live some kind of real life alone.
