They're not. I've asked simple questions and you've deflected each one of them. You can keep bringing up other issues, but my questions remain unanswered. Now you're stating that you saw what you saw and you're not willing to enter into a discussion about what you did see. I knew as a Laker fan you were already confused, but your posts in this thread show your condition to be even worse than I thought.
You're either shia or sunni, you can't be both. The importance of that hasn't been blown up by the Americans but by the terrorists from each side that keep bombing each other up for that belief.
...and neither are you if you believe that!!! Barack Obama will responsibly end the war in Iraq: Immediately upon taking office, Obama will give his Secretary of Defense and military commanders a new mission in Iraq: successfully ending the war. The removal of our troops will be responsible and phased. Encourage political accommodation: Obama and Biden will press Iraq's leaders to take responsibility for their future and to substantially spend their oil revenues on their own reconstruction. Increase stability in Iraq and the region: Obama and Biden will launch an aggressive diplomatic effort to reach a comprehensive compact on the stability of Iraq and the region. They also will address Iraq's refugee crisis. [more here: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq/]
OOPS! You didn't edit your cut and paste very well. "The insurgents aren't bothered by political books sold on the street. They focus on religious ones," said Yasser Ali, an Obama supporter and seller of books for 22 years. Obama "interrupted his campaign to visit his sick grandmother. That speaks volumes about the man," he said. Back on Rasheed Street itself, Abu Ahmed waited at a men's hairdresser as his friend got a shave. "We accept black people more readily in the Middle East. We feel closer to them. We have common sufferings," said the long-time sports coach. "It would be nice if the Americans elected a black person. And Obama seems less inclined to engage in another war."
Guess it would depend on who you ask. My best friend is a vet. He was an MP stationed in Germany and was at a huge rock concert there in the late 80's and he and his fellow servicemen were attacked by a mob of several hundred Germans screaming GI's GO HOME! His knee was shattered, ribs broken, face kicked repeatedly so he lost sight in one eye and will soon be blind according to his Dr. He has all kinds of pain from his damaged internal organs and can't function physically without heavy pain meds. Now, Germans in your field, investors, speculators, people dripping with money, are probably impressed with those opportunities. A blue-collar German sees GI's as competition. For women, for jobs, for attention. Iraqis and Germans are just like us, and by that I mean unique individuals with unique wants, needs, opinions and thoughts. To say Iraqis this and Germans that is just racism, or ethnic bigotry, or national prejudice. It's pretty silly if you think about, an entire nation thinking exactly alike.
maxiep, it cracks me up that you're interrogating DaRizzle because his lived experience doesn't fit into your view about Muslims. There are plenty of Muslims who are just Muslim and don't differentiate, much like how a lot of people are "Christian" and make no effort to categorize themselves into a specific sect. I don't want to question your knowledge on the subject, but just in case, not everything you hear on the news about Muslims is universal.
I asked a few simple questions, and they went unanswered. That was hardly an interrogation. If you want to know what an interrogation is, you should ask DaRizzle. I bet he has a few stories of how the Sunni-dominated Ba'athist Party interrogated his family simply because they were Shia.
It wasn't an interrogation but maybe to liberals who are weak that is an interrogation. It's a simple question for any muslims, and any muslim would answer it proudly. You're either sunni or shia. Like part of my family and the majority of people in my country are sunni, and even that is divided into different parts.
