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Originally Posted by Sigaba
Originally Posted by Sigaba View Post
* Efraim Karsh, Islamic Imperialism: A History (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006), p. 2.
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Picked one up at Amazon for $0.18. Guess will talk in a week or so when it arrives and I have a chance to look it over.
Judging by Yale's short summary on their website, I can agree with this much:
"September 11 can be seen as simply the latest expression of this dream, and such attacks have little to do with U.S. international behavior or policy in the Middle East, says Karsh. The House of Islam’s war for world mastery is traditional, indeed venerable, and it is a quest that is far from over."
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I respectfully disagree that tone is irrelevant. From the training I've received, I've learned that one gives respect to get respect. The fact that you continue to act disrespectfully towards those who do not agree with you suggests that you have different sensibilities. I reckon that we'll have to agree to disagree.
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We'll agree to disagree on tone.
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It is a mistake to confuse my restraint for weakness. There are things in the wild other than accipiters, wolves, wolfhounds, and "sheep." There are strengths in the world other than fang, claw, sinew, and steel.
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Since intonation is lost on the web, I'm not sure how to take that?
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In regards to your characterization of me as "intellectually lazy" and your questioning of my historiographic sensibilities, I will leave it to readers to decide for themselves. I would ask that interested parties ask themselves a rhetorical question as they deliberate.
What is laziness?
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That's fair enough.