Daily Kos

Blair: Western values must triumph

by tinaFER

Tue Aug 01, 2006 at 06:39:38 PM PDT

Blair is in LA and was delivering a speech about how western values must triumph over radical Islam

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The conflict in the Middle East, as well as others involving Muslim extremists, revolve around "modernization within Islam" and whether the Western system of values can  "beat theirs," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a speech Tuesday.

Disturbing Pictures from Israel

by tinaFER

Mon Jul 17, 2006 at 11:12:29 PM PDT

There is a land somewhere called Lebanon. It is majestically beautiful and amazingly colorful. It is a nation miles away from the home of Mary and the cradle of Jesus.

It is a nation rhapsodized in the Holy Bible, written in annals and devoted in books.

Today it is burning.

Today its people are leaving it.


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