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"How come the Zionist gang has managed to be superior to us, despite being so few?"

By infiltrating the top levels of US government and encouraging the military efforts in your homeland.

Damn, I really hope that these ideas catch on in their world.

great post demon.

Wiki on his fatwa banning Pokemon:
Not only do Pokemon evolve, they do so "in battles where the survivors are those who adapt better to the environment; another of Darwin's dogmas." In addition, both depiction of imaginary animals and card-games are contrary to the Quran.

Conservatives in these countries might find it difficult to modernize their economies without "adapting."

>> ^EndAll:
"How come the Zionist gang has managed to be superior to us, despite being so few?"
By infiltrating the top levels of US government and encouraging the military efforts in your homeland.


My history's fuzzy. Is that why the Arabs lost the 6 day war, or did it have something to do with science and technology?

I'm sure we can argue all day about the finer points of the Arab-Israeli conflict, but that's really unrelated to this particular video

>> ^demon_ix:
I'm sure we can argue all day about the finer points of the Arab-Israeli conflict, but that's really unrelated to this particular video


These aren't irrelevant details. The whole point of Yousuf al-Qaradhawi's speech is that being proactive and economically modern, rather than being victimists, is the path to empowerment.

>> ^chilaxe:
>> ^EndAll:
"How come the Zionist gang has managed to be superior to us, despite being so few?"
By infiltrating the top levels of US government and encouraging the military efforts in your homeland.

My history's fuzzy. Is that why the Arabs lost the 6 day war, or did it have something to do with science and technology?


I'm not sure what point you're trying to make.

Did he ask, "How come the Jews beat us at that war?"

Listen to the terminology - "Zionist gang" - not "military forces of the Israeli army."

Israeli military superiority is a central part of the story from most perspectives, including that of Arabs, because without it, the Arab-Israeli conflict would have ended any number of times since the 1940s. Perhaps you mean "Zionist gang" in some other way, though, so maybe you could define your terminology.

Shifting the focus away from what's probably the primary cause (variation in level of science, technology, and economics) seems to undermine the very thing that we all like about this video, which is that he's advocating a path forward, toward prosperity.

this guy reminds me of MLK from The Boondocks" Return of the King episode:

Martin Luther King:
Is this it?
This is what I got all those ass-whoopings for?
I had a dream once.
It was a dream that little black boys and little black girls would drink from the river of prosperity, freed from the thirst of oppression.
But lo and behold, some four decades later, what have I found but a bunch of trifling, shiftless, good-for-nothing niggers?
And I know some of you don't want to hear me say that word.
It's the ugliest word in the English language, but that's what I see now: niggers.
And you don't want to be a nigger, 'cause niggers are living contradictions!
Niggers are full of unfulfilled ambitions!
Niggers wax and wane, niggers love to complain!
Niggers love to hear themselves talk but hate to explain!
Niggers love being another man's judge and jury!
Niggers procrastinate until it's time to worry!
Niggers love to be late, niggers hate to hurry!
Black Entertainment Television is the worst thing I've ever seen in my life!
Usher, "Michael Jackson" is *not* a genre of music!
And now I'd like to talk about "Soul Plane".
I've seen what's around the corner, I've seen what's over the horizon, and I promise you, you niggers won't have nothing to celebrate.
And no, I won't get there with you.
I'm going to Canada.

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