Comments on: Good guests don’t overstay their welcome http://warincontext.org/2010/07/29/good-guests-dont-overstay-their-welcome/ ... with attention to the unseen Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alex Bell http://warincontext.org/2010/07/29/good-guests-dont-overstay-their-welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-14428 Alex Bell Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:12:39 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=8232#comment-14428 I'm sure you're correct about the choice of footware, Scott. But on the other hand if I was in a house which had just had it's front door kicked down footware would be well down on my list of concerns. Regards, Alex I’m sure you’re correct about the choice of footware, Scott.

But on the other hand if I was in a house which had just had it’s front door kicked down footware would be well down on my list of concerns.

Regards, Alex

]]> By: Norman http://warincontext.org/2010/07/29/good-guests-dont-overstay-their-welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-14419 Norman Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:48:59 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=8232#comment-14419 Question for Christopher, Have you served in Afghanistan with the American forces? Have you seen this first hand? Have you yourself been guilty of doing what you write about here? Your flippant remark, if that's what it is, causes your comments to be less than stellar. Question for Christopher, Have you served in Afghanistan with the American forces? Have you seen this first hand? Have you yourself been guilty of doing what you write about here? Your flippant remark, if that’s what it is, causes your comments to be less than stellar.

]]> By: Christopher Hoare http://warincontext.org/2010/07/29/good-guests-dont-overstay-their-welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-14412 Christopher Hoare Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:14:04 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=8232#comment-14412 American 'guests' in Afghanistan -- looking to steal the silverware, burn down the house -- but you'd better watch out if you ask them to leave. You'll get a bullet in the head. American ‘guests’ in Afghanistan — looking to steal the silverware, burn down the house — but you’d better watch out if you ask them to leave. You’ll get a bullet in the head.

]]> By: scott http://warincontext.org/2010/07/29/good-guests-dont-overstay-their-welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-14398 scott Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:07:00 +0000 http://warincontext.org/?p=8232#comment-14398 Our soldiers would be more effective if they patrolled in Crocs. I've never heard this discussed, but it is no doubt true. If you wear shoes in a Muslim house, it very well may be akin to wearing really nasty, greasy, muddy shoes in an American home. Muslims pray with their bare heads and faces pressed to the floor, they believe their homes to be Mosques, yet we must defile them. I know of this, I am a landscaper. I wear lace up boots, and it's a pain. I happen to love wearing sandals but this all matters to Muslims. It is a simple factor, and one I think we've never addressed. Our soldiers would be more effective if they patrolled in Crocs. I’ve never heard this discussed, but it is no doubt true. If you wear shoes in a Muslim house, it very well may be akin to wearing really nasty, greasy, muddy shoes in an American home. Muslims pray with their bare heads and faces pressed to the floor, they believe their homes to be Mosques, yet we must defile them.

I know of this, I am a landscaper. I wear lace up boots, and it’s a pain. I happen to love wearing sandals but this all matters to Muslims. It is a simple factor, and one I think we’ve never addressed.

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