jim.grubs@w8grt.fidonet.org (Jim Grubs) (02/02/91)
> From: waters@nddsun1.sps.mot.com (Mike Waters) > Date: 31 Jan 91 23:23:52 GMT > Organization: Motorola, Inc., Semiconductor Products Sector > Message-ID: <819@nddsun1.sps.mot.com> > Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,sci.electronics,sci.physics > > In article <1167.27A6BD41@w8grt.fidonet.org> Jim.Grubs, > .W8GRT@w8grt.fidonet.org (Jim Grubs, W8GRT) writes: > > > >Jim Grubs, W8GRT - Support OPERATION DESERT STORM - the 9th Crusade! > > I really hope that Jim meant this in jest! He certainly should know > better if not. Certainly, one of the major purposes of the Ninth Crusade should be to clean up the mess left behind by the first eight.... We can hope anyway. In any event, my point was to call attention to the fact that possibly Saddam Hussein but certainly many other moslem leaders do, as you pointed out, think of the present situation as an outgrowth of and continuation of the struggles that began in the 11th century. It also was intended to call attention to the fact that people in the Middle East hold a grudge longer than most anyone else you can think of. -- Jim Grubs - Support OPERATION DESERT STORM - the 9th Crusade! UUCP: ...!uunet!w8grt!jim.grubs INTERNET: jim.grubs@w8grt.fidonet.org