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bluering
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Santa Clara, CA
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Feb 25, 2011 - 07:07pm PT
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Sorry Bleuy, but these places are comprised mostly of ethnic Arabs.
I suppose you're mostly correct, but it is considered N. Africa. I would imagine the ethnicity of NA has a lot to do Mohammamed's Long March bitd.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Feb 25, 2011 - 07:17pm PT
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Matt, I dunno know why you're obsessed with GB. I think he's lame.
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Mighty Hiker
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Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 26, 2011 - 03:31pm PT
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Have they moved Serbia to the Caucasus? I must have missed that.
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bluering
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Santa Clara, CA
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Feb 26, 2011 - 03:33pm PT
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I think they're considered Eastern Europe/Caucaus. No?
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Mighty Hiker
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Vancouver, B.C.
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Feb 26, 2011 - 03:37pm PT
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Serbia and the Caucasus are separated by about 3,000 km. The Black Sea, part of Russia, much of Ukraine, and Romania. Or, on the southern route, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Macedonia.
And Serbs are for the most part Orthodox Christians, whereas much of the Caucasus is Islamic. It wouldn't surprise me if Khaddafy had some mercenaries, and some of them were Serbians - possibly Serbians on the run from war crimes during the Balkan wars a decade ago. Maybe in his praetorian guard, to have some who are completely loyal. But it seems unlikely it goes much beyond that.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Feb 26, 2011 - 03:39pm PT
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What should be more compelling is why largely Christian Serbs are bombing a largely Islamic population that appears to be moderate. Under the orders os an Islamic whack-job, Ghaddafi?
Weird dynamic going on. Maybe rogue pilots?
EDIT: Ander may be correct. Good points!
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Feb 28, 2011 - 11:51am PT
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But Fats I thought you wanted the Arab countries to throw off their yokes of oppression.
Now if the sane Israelis would throw out the fundamentalist whack jobs that are dragging them to hell.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Feb 28, 2011 - 11:59am PT
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To quote Blewjob.
"That will really help relations".
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Bay Area , California
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2011 - 12:30pm PT
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Fatty
Israel without US help would not be able to take Gaza. How do you want them to take over entire ME, especially EYE-RAN
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Bay Area , California
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2011 - 12:09pm PT
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Fatty
looks like Israel just found oil and gas below the sands and now they do not need Egypt or other MEs for fuel support . More money, more power but remember fatty, they do not have manpower to do the job .
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nature
climber
Hampi Karnataka India
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but now the Israeli economy is doing very nicely,
meanwhile in the USA....
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Hate to respond to a self-deluded bigoted fatman butt when you write this:
"Well, now it has started, the Arabs are a bunch of idiots...
Who do you mean by a bunch of idiots?
Do you mean...these Arabs?
"In Sanaa, tens of thousands gathered outside the university, the heart of the protests."
and these
"Grievances about the growing disparity between Yemen's poor — nearly half the population of some 23 million..."
or just the knuckle-heads in power?
All those idiots deciding they want a chance to live their lives without some thugs making their decisions for them...hmmm
I wonder who the real idiot(s) are?
Cheers,
DD
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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"Grievances about the growing disparity between Yemen's poor — nearly half the population of some 23 million..."
or just the knuckle-heads in power?
All those idiots deciding they want a chance to live their lives without some thugs making their decisions for them...hmmm
I wonder who the real idiot(s) are?
Cheers,
DD
I hate to sound arrogant and 'Western' here, but do those 'idiots' know what is really good for them?
Sure they can do better than current thugs, but let's be honest here...
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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"I hate to sound arrogant and 'Western' here, but do those 'idiots' know what is really good for them?"
Come on Blue- dude you DO sound arrogant.
Who knows what's good for them-do you, does Obama, do I?...I'd argue that they have the right to decide for themselves what is good for them.
Sheesh we've made some terrible choices and errors in our history. Do you think anyone every asked "do those rebels (Americans) know what's really good for them?"
Do those Siuox know what's really good for them, do those Tibetans know what's good for them...?
How do you feel about that?
Cheers,
DD
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dirtbag
climber
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I think it needs boobs.
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