| Iain: Do you remember (a) the Iraqui takeover of Kuwait and (b) the subsequent Iraqi retreat from Kuwait in 1991? Israel was not involved in that imbroglio, yet the late Iraqui dictator ordered an ongoing bombardment of Israel with Scud missiles. I was there, sitting in our sealed room most nights, after hearing the code words nachash tzefah on the radio. So, the Iraquis opted for antagonism and the nurturing of war,instead of offering peace and mutual friendship toward an Israel that had no part in the Kuwaiti operation. Read about the concepts of Dar al-Harb and Dar al-Islam to understand how the peoples of Islam see the world. |
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