{"id":25666,"date":"2013-08-07T03:51:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T03:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=25666"},"modified":"2013-08-07T03:56:09","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T03:56:09","slug":"lego-and-the-jihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=25666","title":{"rendered":"Lego and the Jihad"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — humor — it’s all Abu Muqawama’s fault, plus Dune <\/em>]
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Playwar has been around for ever, so it’s not surprising that Lego has joined the fray. I’m inclined to think — based on approximately zero evidence — that Andrew Exum<\/strong> started it with his Abu Muqawama<\/strong> masthead<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It’s a nice touch, that, but it has been around for a while and I’m pretty much used to it.<\/p>\n

In the last few days, though, Lego and Jihad<\/strong> have cropped up twice in my news feeds:<\/p>\n

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First there was the Abbottabad compound<\/strong> (above), featured at the Chantilly, VA “Brick Fair<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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And today there was a host of jihadists (above) — or latter-day Lawrences of Arabia<\/strong>? — atop the latest post from PaxSims<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Child’s play? <\/p>\n

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For desert warfare with a touch of spice and Mahdism, give me Dune<\/em>…<\/p>\n

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