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Recent Stories May 13, 2003 Saul Landau Clear Channel Fogs the Airwaves Michael Neumann Has Islam Failed? Not by Western Standards Uri Avnery My Meeting with Arafat Steve Perry The Saudi Arabia Bombing Jacob Levich Democracy Comes to Iraq: Kick Their Ass and Grab Their Gas William Lind The Hippo and the Mongoose: a Question of Military Theory The Black Commentator Fraud at the Times: Blaming Blacks for White Folks' Mistakes Stew Albert Asylum Hammond Guthrie An Illogical Reign Website of the Day Sy Hersh: War and Intelligence   May 12, 2003 Chris Floyd Bush, Bin Laden, Bechtel, and Baghdad Dave Lindorff America's Dirty Bombs Sam Hamod and Elaine Cassel Resisting the Bush Administration's War on Liberty Uzi Benziman Sharon and Sons, Inc. Jason Leopold The Decline and Fall of Thomas White Rich Procter George Jumps the Shark Federico Moscogiuri Going to Israel? 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May 14, 2003 What? Me Worry? By JAMES REISS Let's say some pissed Imam from Mal or Mahwah Issues an explosive, ringing fatwa Calling for Jihad, for all Islamics To slit the throats of Christian infidels And plunge their daggers into Jewish stomachs In retribution for the bombs and shells That devastated Baghdad. Let's say Muslims From Morocco to Jakarta fly Into our faces, forcing on us hymns And prayers to sing and say before we die. Let's stop right here. This scene could never be. Surreal, ridiculous, it's fantasy To say that Shiites and their brother Sunnis Would bite the hands that feed them with cold cash. They might be pissed, but they're not stupid loonies. They know we can rebuild Iraq from ash. Just think how we helped Muslims in Kabul. Just think how every house can be a palace Because of Uncle Sam and dear John Bull Whose gifts will blot out every mote of malice. Repeat it after me: Bucks and pounds sterling Will stop all pissed-off dervishes from whirling. James Reiss is a Professor of English & Editor at Miami University Press. In 2001 Carnegie Mellon University Press published his fourth book, Ten Thousand Good Mornings, which was nominated for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. His previous poetry books are The Parable of Fire (CMU Press, 1996), Express (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983), and The Breathers (Ecco Press, 1974). He edited Self-Interviews: James Dickey (Doubleday, 1970). He can be reached at: reissja@muohio.edu   Yesterday's Features Saul Landau Clear Channel Fogs the Airwaves Michael Neumann Has Islam Failed? Not by Western Standards Uri Avnery My Meeting with Arafat Steve Perry The Saudi Arabia Bombing Jacob Levich Democracy Comes to Iraq: Kick Their Ass and Grab Their Gas William Lind The Hippo and the Mongoose: a Question of Military Theory The Black Commentator Fraud at the Times: Blaming Blacks for White Folks' Mistakes Stew Albert Asylum Hammond Guthrie An Illogical Reign Website of the Day Sy Hersh: War and Intelligence   Keep CounterPunch Alive: Make a Tax-Deductible Donation Today Online! home / subscribe / about us / books / archives / search / links /