billslayer
2009-10-01 14:24:39
55. DavidN:
Thanks for bringing up some of these points. For a lot of the arab street, Iraq was initially thrilling, because they got to watch AQ blowing us up, but turned into a disappointment when AQ turned into a horror for everybody, and was then crushed during the surge. AQ disappointed because they turned out to be bloodthirsty killers and rapists and then got smashed by the Anbar Awakening and american firepower. Now, on another front Hezbollah has impressed the arab street by fighting israel–and standing their ground, and forcing israel into an embarassing retreat. A good analogy is the crips and bloods in LA in the 80′s and 90′s…the ones that were the hardest and most ruthless attracted the most attention.
