Comments on: Oxymoron http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2004/06/02/oxymoron/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Robert http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2004/06/02/oxymoron/#comment-4 Robert Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:53:32 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=11#comment-4 Cheers. The BBC also likes my alliteration, and published my <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/3757136.stm" title="BBC News Have Your Say 29 October 2004" rel="nofollow">"Blue Berets in Baghdad would not have provoked this backlash"</a> in a <i>Have Your Say</i> discussion on the fall-out from the war Cheers. The BBC also likes my alliteration, and published my “Blue Berets in Baghdad would not have provoked this backlash” in a Have Your Say discussion on the fall-out from the war

]]> By: shahid http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2004/06/02/oxymoron/#comment-3 shahid Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:37:35 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=11#comment-3 Excellent writing. "Rifles and ray-bans" - great alliteration, I hope to unconsciously steal that phrase one day. What many Americans fail to realise is that the world in general and Muslims in particular actually love the West, love America and revere Britain, particularly London. It is mindless policy and daft politicians that they (and I) revile. When Ayatollah Khomeini called America the "Great Satan" in the early 80s, most Muslims laughed at this ridiculous exaggeration and some even adopted the phrase in rhetorical jest. Now, the laughs are hollow and there is a growing body of opinion that believes the epithet to be true. Few things sadden me more. Muslims should hold onto the fact that many of us Brits were against the war - many Americans too! I hope and pray for a return to sanity, the world over. Excellent writing. “Rifles and ray-bans” - great alliteration, I hope to unconsciously steal that phrase one day.

What many Americans fail to realise is that the world in general and Muslims in particular actually love the West, love America and revere Britain, particularly London. It is mindless policy and daft politicians that they (and I) revile.

When Ayatollah Khomeini called America the “Great Satan” in the early 80s, most Muslims laughed at this ridiculous exaggeration and some even adopted the phrase in rhetorical jest. Now, the laughs are hollow and there is a growing body of opinion that believes the epithet to be true. Few things sadden me more.

Muslims should hold onto the fact that many of us Brits were against the war - many Americans too!

I hope and pray for a return to sanity, the world over.

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