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Trite Phrase of the 21st Century

Muhammad A Khan August 10, 2006

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#5 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on August 14, 2006 11:25:19 am
No wonder the world doesn`t take El Presidente too seriously.

He is sounding more and more like our own Tahmed2 in his hypocrisy and double-speak. The man who called the ``war on terrorism`` a Crusade has now coined the phrase ``Islamic Fascism.`` Now, this can be quite confusing:

1. Christian militants with huge crosses on their chests are called Crusaders and not Christian Fascists.
2. In Lebanon, the heavily armed, murderous Maronite militias were called Phalangists and not Christian Fascists.
3. In the Occupied West Bank and Gaza, the heavily armed, murderous, gun-toting Israelis were called ``settlers,`` and not Jewish Fascists.
4. The bomb-exploding terrorists in Northern Ireland and Britain were called IRA and not Catholic Fascists.
5. The Armageddon hopeful, rampant cheerleaders of Israeli bombings on Lebanese civilians are called ``Evangelists,`` and not Christian Fundamental Fascists.
6. The violent right-wing Hindutva rapists/murderers/arsonists of the BJP/RSS/VHP/JS/BD/SP/SS are called participants in the world`s largest democracy and not Hindu Fascists.
7. The terrorist LTTE in SL are called ``Tigers`` and not Hindu Fascists.
8. The cross burning Ku Klux Klan in the US are called ``hate-mongers,`` and not white Christian Fascists.
9. The land grabbing, native people killing, murderous Spaniards and Portuguese were called ``Explorers,`` and not Christian Fascists.
10. The land-grabbing, exclusivist, violent, well-financed and well-armed founders of Israel were called Zionists, and not Jewish Fascists.

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#4 Posted by discoverer on August 11, 2006 7:56:40 am
I truely agree with you, woo khatay hai naa ``Insaan abnay kaam kay liyaa, apnay matlab nikal lay taa hai``
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#3 Posted by parthaab on August 11, 2006 5:07:55 am
The world would be much safer if only Bush would drop leaflets, instead of bombs, in the middle east, informing people that God does NOT exist.
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#2 Posted by parthaab on August 11, 2006 5:07:54 am
The world would be much safer if only Bush would drop leaflets, instead of bombs, in the middle east, informing people that God does NOT exist.
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#1 Posted by antihypochrist on August 10, 2006 11:53:38 pm
``Agreeing on what means, ‘terrorism”, its hydra-heads would vanish on their own. ``

Let`s call terrorists ``freedom fighters``, ``oppressed``, ``mujahideen`` and end terrorism
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