[extropy-chat] Sheiks and sex (was OIL: Albertan tar sands)

[Robert Lindauer]

Mike Lorrey wrote:

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>>The sheiks can't have too much theology because that
>>theology is one of the pillars that support their
>>power. The whole point of Mohammedist theocracy is
>>that Mohammed was both a prophet of Allah AND a
>>secular ruler, so the distinction between the two
>>roles of religion and state is highly intertwined and
>>integrated in Muslim society.
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>Kinda the point of what I'm saying. If they can't afford to keep buying
>off the people, much less fund scion like bin Laden, they are going to
>need to reform lest their house of cards collapse.
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Well, thank goodness we didn't invade a sheikdom or even a 
religious-state - THAT might have had some effect on the overall funding 
of Al Quaeda.  But invading Iraq has done nothing but shake the bees nest.

>You still need to break the power of the rulers to effect change, or at
>least put a good wind up their backs.
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How can a -LIBERTARIAN- be backing an invasive foreign policy?

Isn't this specifically AGAINST the libertarian ideals?

R