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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060913/ts_alt_afp/usattackseurope (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060913/ts_alt_afp/usattackseurope)

Kissinger warns of possible "war of civilizations" Wed Sep 13, 11:54 AM ET
 


WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned that Europe and the United States must unite to head off a "war of civilizations" arising from a nuclear-armed Middle East.
 
In an opinion column in the Washington Post, the renowned foreign policy expert said the potential for a "global catastrophe" dwarfed lingering transatlantic mistrust left over from the        Iraq war.

"A common Atlantic policy backed by moderate Arab states must become a top priority, no matter how pessimistic previous experience with such projects leaves one," Kissinger wrote.

. . .

"We now know that we face the imperative of building a new world order or potential global catastrophe. It cannot be done alone by either side of the Atlantic. Is that realization sufficient to regenerate a common purpose?""

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/15/pope.islam/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/15/pope.islam/index.html)

the question needs to be asked. .  . is this being intentionally spun to ferment animosity, or were the pope's comments specifically meant to provoke such reactions?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/12/pope.bavaria.ap/index.html/ (http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/12/pope.bavaria.ap/index.html/)

it is also interesting that the leader of an organization that has perhaps the bloodiest history of forced conversions, and death to non-believers can make such comments without any self-reflection on the role of the organization which he represents. 

oh man - this sh*t just writes itself!

http://ncregister.com/site/article/1370 (http://ncregister.com/site/article/1370)/