> I'd think most USers are only vaguely if at all aware of the
> Xtian/Muslim angle, and the potential embarrassment to Reps on account
> of the ritual expression seems minor compared to the difficulties it
> could cause for the occupation. Is it popular among antiwar
> congressfolk? Yet it seems like such a potentially destructive (to
> empire) measure that I have a hard time believing it's an antiwar
> move.
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It is dying under pressure from the military and State department. One of
the DP sponsors and some other Democrats have already withdrawn their
support for it.