<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">"...When he asked them what their ideology was, they said "Islam" and "Ba'athism." When > he asked what that meant, they couldn't elaborate. "</pre> </blockquote> i respect his work, but that "news" is about as reliable as a previously mentioned quote re the sla siting the authoritative world entity "gray haired Berkeley radicals" or some such... what the hell does it mean? he spoke to a schmuck? he spoke to two jerks? two spies and one jerk? how much faith can be placed in any foreigner's report, however progressive, hard working and well meaning that foreigner might be, as an indication of what "they" are about? this is the kind of anecdotal evidence that would lose a college student points... maybe not a high school student, but that depends on where the teacher was educated, and what sort of day was being experienced... fs <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>