MDMD American Revolution (& the Afghani Revolution)

[Michael Baum]

FS> Afghanistan - The World's Sixth Great Revolutionary Current Since 1775
FS> By Franz Schurmann, Pacific News Service, Nov 8, 2001
...
FS> hundreds of ethnic, tribal and sectarian differences. The basis of Taliban
FS> rule is what the great Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406)
FS> called "asabiya," an Arabic word meaning strong bonds among people forged
FS> from the ground up. When these bonds are linked to God, Mullah Omar
FS> believes, all these differences can be overcome and revolutionary power
FS> becomes irresistible.

"...and if not, well, we can always kill them, skin them, and put the
bodies on display," is presumably the unspoken conclusion of Mullah
Omar's statement?

maab