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Will Iraq Stoke Flames of Islamic Messianism?

April 7, 2008 - 12:18 am - by Timothy Furnish
Amphipolis
2008-04-11 08:51:25

Mahdism has been proclaimed for centuries as you have pointed out. That is not new. It’s personal for me – Charles Gordon is one of my heroes.

You have nothing concrete. The Mahdis of the past have been gloriously victorious, for a time. I don’t see that happening in Iraq unless we cut and run. There has been fighting in Iraq for a long time, I don’t see how the fighting over the last few weeks is different. They lost.