Fanaticism dressed in a Western suit and tie

If the shoe is a convenient fit, put it on and use it to boot truth, writes Des du Triou.

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The shoe, the bad, the ugly. As Dennis Fitzgerald succinctly points out, about time Russia walks away from the bad side.

As in supporting Afghanistan's al-Qaeda, whom they've recognised as the legitimate government of that war-torn country. Where people outside the Muslim faith are treated as pariahs.