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Why were Saddams executioners shouting "Moqtada!, Moqtada!"
Wow. That sucks.
Strange how we can really have good aims, but be so incapable of understanding the subtle issues, and thus our message is lost in a sea of anger.
In a time when sectarian violence is raging, Saddams executioners taunt him with *****e taughts. Saddam responds to them, admonishing them that sectarianism is tearing Iraq apart.
The average American (not knowing arabic) sees in the news that Saddams excutioners 'taughted' him. The press says that he was 'defiant until the end."
Well, yeah, but they did not shout "To avenge your victims!". They shouted *****e taughts. The arab world sees this, and it causes outrage. They see the entire execution, and see an old man being snuffed by masked *****e thugs. It makes the entire trial seem like a kangaroo court. And because the entire process has the US stamp of approval all over it, Sunni's are inflamed even further.
We can do 90% of the things right, but its that 10% where we just fail to understand the problem that kills us.
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