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February 14, 2006

Amazing How Little Things Have Changed

With few exceptions, the states [in the Muslim world] are marked by poverty, ignorance, and stagnation. It is full of discontent and frustration, yet alive with consciousness of its inferiority and with determination to achieve some kind of betterment.

Two basic urges meet head-on in this area, and conflict is inherent in this collision of interests. These urges reveal themselves in the daily news accounts of killings and terrorism, of pressure groups in opposition, and of raw nationalism and naked expansionism masquerading as diplomatic maneuvers.


...in 60 years.

Posted by tree hugging sister at February 14, 2006 08:46 AM

Comments

Mark Twain had similar comments more than 100 years ago.

Posted by: Ken Summers at February 14, 2006 09:12 AM