Beating That Old Horse

When Franklin D. Roosevelt suggested at the Yalta Conference that the Pope, Pius XII, should be consulted with regard to the fate of Eastern Europe at the conclusion of WWII, Josef Stalin -- then the sadistic murderer and leader of the Soviet Socialist Republic -- replied: "The Pope? How many divisions has the Pope?"

Just as an aside, Stalin is also quoted as having said: "The people who cast the votes do not decide an election, the people who count the votes do."

First all, let me beat that horse again; the same horse I've beat in several prior posts.

Dumbya simply does not understand the nature of the conflict in Iraq; simply does not understand the nature of the Islamic culture. Indeed, to paraphrase Stalin: "Allah? How many divisions has Allah?" And, of course the answer -- which Dumbya and his minions don't apparently understand -- is that Allah has a thousand times a thousand times a thousand divisions waiting -- even those yet to be born -- to rid the infidel from the holy places; the holy land. Insurgents? Nah, they're not insurgents. They're the Islamic freedom fighters who, as I noted before, simply seek their reward in heaven for ridding the earth of the infidel who, by the way, is the American or European or African or South American or Canadian who infests the holy lands with their presence. Dumbya's assertion that bringing American-style democracy to Iraq with its promise of instilling an inalienable right to pursue happiness will be the salve that will heal this horribly festering wound, this hell that is Iraq, is tantamount to believing, really believing that Dumbya has accomplished something significant in Afghanistan, i.e. free elections. Indeed, what does it mean to have free elections in a country whose major -- a reported 75% of the gross national product -- is processed poppies which really have no other purpose other than to constitute the fundamental ingredient of opium?

I know, I really know I've stepped through the looking glass.