Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

[carranza2]

It sounds quite nebulous as to who is 'in' al Qaida ... it's not like they have a bricks and mortar head office, a hierarchy of corporate structure, and neat little membership cards in their wallets ..... more like a religious thing maybe, in the same way there are hundreds of little organisations of born-again christians, all professing more or less the same thing, but unconnected by clerical chain of command.

Good point. I suppose anyone brandishing a Qu'ran and a bomb or two will be tagged as AQ in the future, regardless of actual affiliation.

You'd be interested to know--or probably already know--that in certain quarters in Mexico, OBL is referred to as "el barbudo" and that Fidel has lost the appellation due to.....irrelevancy.

I agree that Oppenheimer has good thoughts. Moderation is the key to Cuba, particularly since Cuba in no way affects the US's security. You know that if the hyper-intelligent, hyper-aggressive Cuban-Americans in Dade County now think moderation is a good idea after years of guerra, guerra, guerra, it must be a terrific idea. Let him rot from within. Plus, where else can the US give the captured Islamothugs a nice tropical vacation?

Too bad about the Venezuelan beauties. Venezuelans are very lucky, they really are favored with the most gorgeous women...hope I don't get in trouble for that comment, but it's true, dammit.

http://blogs.salon.com/0001330/categories/VenezuelanBeauty/

Scroll down about halfway down the page and you'll see some of the funniest pantaletas you've ever seen.

I'm sorry that you and Uncle got off on the wrong foot. I think you have a lot to fruitfully discuss.

And, pssst, FL doesn't come around here very much, so it's a safe haven for the banned. I'm sure your priviliges are back, anyway.