As for the unfortunate Alex's motivation, I think it's clear that
he just wanted "proof" that liberals can't think, which is achieved
by them not accepting his loony question-begging logic (quite apart
from his sloppy research). Note how many times he baited people to
agree with his basic premise, by which agreement they were then
logically bound to accept the entire argument. His
assumption that nobody accepted his conclusions meant that he
extrapolated that people who didn't, must not have "investigated"
the "facts". So by participating he must have enjoyed himself,
proving that liberals are incapable of logical thought or even
basic research. Yes, he's that immune. I doubt he's crying in his
soup over his trouncing, even though many obviously hoped to
achieve that. Like True Believers throughout history, he finds his
own conclusions infallible.
Note in his original blog how many times he finds that any
inaccuracy or countervailing information -- say, a few degrees
orientation off of Mecca -- is deliberate misdirection
designed to conceal the purpose of the memorial! This is
Bigfoot / Bermuda Triangle / Trilateralist territory here,
folks.
Anyway -- a quick FYI to Eric. Ba'athism (yes) wsa a pan-Arab
movement that gained ground in Egypt, Syria, and Iraq around
1955-1965. For a time Egypt and Syria somewhat formally "merged" as
the United Arab
Republic (U.A.R. -- see old maps), but it never gelled in any
practical sense. The U.A.R. dissolved, I believe, before the
Ba'athists took full control of Iraq. Since then the pan-Arab
movement has had little momentum. Libya was never part of this,
although they may have had a native Ba'athist movement. Libya and
Egypt, in fact, pretty much hate each other.
For what it's worth, not one of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 came from
a country with a crescent on its flag.
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