tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post4916086047804888186..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Al -Qaeda's Strategy Revealed In New Bin-Laden TapeFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-43890441768953877292007-12-31T13:29:00.000-08:002007-12-31T13:29:00.000-08:00Hello Oliver, and Happy New Year.The ridicule had ...Hello Oliver, and Happy New Year.<BR/><BR/>The ridicule had to do with the idea that Bush Administration came out with the NIE and was involved in the other things I mentioned as quid pro quo to Iran for quiet in Iraq, and that the arrangement was brokered by the Saudis. <BR/><BR/>And it largely came from the 30% or so of Americans whom still think President Bush is a great leader.<BR/><BR/>As for the Saudis, whabism in and of itself is radical Islam as far as I'm concerned, with jihad against the infidel as a major tenet of it's creed. The Saudis are merely using petrodollars to radicalize Muslims living in the west and subvert politicians and government figures rather than overt aggression, like Iran.<BR/><BR/>The Deobandis in your own country, BTW are a wahabi offshoot.<BR/><BR/>As for Pakistan, anything's possible. Given Sharif's ties with the Islamists and Musharraf's tenuous positon, anything's possible.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>ffFreedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-28012569861069948652007-12-31T11:35:00.000-08:002007-12-31T11:35:00.000-08:00I wasn't aware that you were being ridiculed for b...I wasn't aware that you were being ridiculed for believing in a Saudi-funded jihad to "radicalize" Muslims, but it does sound faintly implausible. (Was it the voices in your head that told you about it? :o) ) My understanding of the Saudis is that they spend a great deal of money trying to keep Muslims on the straight and narrow, putting a huge amount of money into the annual Hajj pilgrimage and funding madrasahs in foreign countries and so on. Far from trying to radicalise Muslims, the point of all this is to legitimise the Saudi regime. Far from being radical, they tend rather to be Wahhabite.<BR/><BR/>Given that Musharraf became President in the first place thanks to a military coup, I don't quite see how he's going to be dislodged by the likes of Nawaz Sharif.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com