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Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx
When has ass kissing ever worked in the Middle East?
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Well, I was using the phrase a bit sarcastically. It’s more along the lines of the Vietnam ‘win their hearts and minds’ idea. I mean, hell, in the first Gulf War we had a military alliance between some Middle Eastern states and some very pro-Israeli states. Staunch standoffishness is fine for the terrorists, but not every Muslim deserves that stance.
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Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx
We had Colin and Condelezza in the White House and it didn't do much to appease the Reparations crowd.
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We also have a lot of white people in the government, and that doesn't appease the KKK over the presence of Condi and Powell. It’s not really a matter of what skin color the representatives have so much as how much they know about the culture in question.