| Psychiatrist: | Tell me about your mother. |
| Patient: | She was crazy. |
| Psychiatrist: | And your father? |
| Patient: | Insane. |
| Psychiatrist: | And your brothers, sisters? |
| Patient: | Mad, all mad. |
| Psychiatrist: | Do you mean to tell me that everyone in your family suffered from mental illness? |
| Patient: | Oh, no! They enjoyed it. |
That joke went though my mind when I read this quip from David Warren:
So to the question, “Is there a crisis in Islam?” -- the answer might be a droll, “No, it is flourishing.”
He also gives "five unanswerable reasons to despair about the future of the Middle East". Here's #1:
One. Iran is about to go nuclear. The same Iran that is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, abroad through Hezbollah, and at home through its Revolutionary Guards. The ayatollahs are only a little more responsible than the North Korean politburo; but compensate for this with a more vicious ideology. Nuclear weaponry may preserve them for at least another generation in power, as it did the Soviet Communists; while much improving their ability to do mischief far beyond their borders. Neither America nor Europe “has a plan” for dealing with this, beyond diplomatic talk. Talk is useless.Posted by David Boxenhorn at August 10, 2005 10:32 PM | TrackBacks