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Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:36 pm to
Posted by a want
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Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:36 pm to
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I hate this line of thinking.

Me too, but it seems to be true. They don't think in terms of "states" (western concept). They think in terms of tribes.
Posted by Porky
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:45 pm to
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Me too, but it seems to be true. They don't think in terms of "states" (western concept). They think in terms of tribes.

The tribal concept is what we have in our partisan politics.
Posted by trackfan
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Posted on 8/11/14 at 1:47 pm to
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They think in terms of tribes.

Bingo! The idea of being loyal to a centralized government in some far off captial is a foreign concept to folks in the Mideast. Most folks over there are more loyal to their religious tribe than their national government.
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