# Iraq insurgents make offer

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 29, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-insurgents-make-offer/362598 "2006-06-29T03:44:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iraq-insurgents-make-offer/362598/41 "2006-07-01T09:40:40Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> I recall one of the Middle Eastern folk tales of the [Mullah Nasrudin:](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasrudin)
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> Walking along a road in India, Nasrudin grew very hungry. He came across a man sitting under a tree selling small, green fruits out of a basket. Nasrudin handed the man a few coins – and the man handed over the whole basket; such fruits being very cheap and usually bought in small amounts.
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> Nasrudin walked along, found a tree to sit under, and began to eat. He soon noticed his throat was burning and his eyes tearing.
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> Another traveler – from Persia, like Nasrudin – rounded the bend and saw what Nasrudin was doing. “Fool!” he cried. “Do you not know the chillies of India?! They are for making curry! You don’t eat them whole! Stop and drink some water or you’ll be dead by sundown!”
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> Nasruding kept on eating the fruits, eyes tearing, and making involuntary moans of pain.
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> The traveler repeated, “Stop, fool! Stop eating the fruit!”
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> “I am not eating the fruit any more!” Nasrudin choked out. “I am eating my money!”

I bet neither Bush nor Cheney nor Rumsfeld read stories like this while growing up. More’s the pity.

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