Posted on 12/21/2008 4:14:02 PM PST by Islaminaction
Does anyone know what the words on the stamp say?
May I assume that in the interest of consistency that you would approve of the soldiers of one of our allies (The Netherlands, for instance) being able to receive whatever they want through the mail while they were in the United States as long as it’s legal in The Netherlands? Even if it’s something illegal in the US such as recreational drugs?
Wherever our troops operate where there is a standing government, we negotiate a status of forces agreement which pretty much always includes not violating the importation laws of the country. The alternative could be not being able to operate in those countries at all.
As it is we already have many concessions when it comes to Muslim countries. Have you ever heard of a priest practicing in Saudi Arabia who wasn't a US military chaplain? Even sweeter is the idea of the Jewish chaplains who have been assigned duty in Saudi Arabia.
Beg what pardon and have you read anything in the last, maybe two years or so? You want me to "clarify" the attack on Christianity when it's all over the internet and especially FreeRepublic that you joined less than a month ago so you could make posts like the one you made to me.
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The Eid stamp, designed by Zakariya of Arlington, Va., features the Arabic phrase “Eid mubarak” in gold calligraphy on a blue background. English text on the stamps reads “EID GREETINGS.”
http://www.usps.com/news/2001/philatelic/sr01_054.html
http://islam.about.com/library/glossary/bldef-eidmubarak.htm
Definition: A phrase of greetings said among Muslims to congratulate each other on holidays. It literally means, “Blessed Festival!” The appropriate answer is, “Allah yubarak feek!” (May Allah bless it for you also!)
One thing has nothing to do with the other. We are supposed to be fighting Islamic law, not catering to it.
I know all of this and we should not be catering to their religion at all. More concessions leads to more concessions and more demands.
Maybe we should start complying with stoning and amputations. It says not any matter containing religious materials contrary to Islamic faith. So maybe no Christian soldiers should be allowed to have Bibles either.
Merry Christmas.
thanks
It's not about catering to a religion, but about abiding by the laws of our host countries. I would love for such restrictions to go away, but they are a practical necessity.
In reading the title I thought it was about what’s allowed in a USPS workplace in the US, which would have had me screaming (not even a non-alcoholic malt drink, because it might offend a Muslim employee?). And this isn’t really the doing of the USPS, but the military telling the USPS what can and can’t be shipped to its postal units.
Please accept my apologies for being polite.
and have you read anything in the last, maybe two years or so?
I average 3 books a week. That works out to about 700 books, give or take. What's your score?
You want me to "clarify" the attack on Christianity when it's all over the internet
You said "Christmas is almost equivalent to pornography in the most Christian country in the world". It seems to me you're overdramatizing just a wee tad.
and especially FreeRepublic that you joined less than a month ago
Yes, I joined less than a month ago. So what? Would you have agreed with me if I'd joined 3 years ago?
so you could make posts like the one you made to me.
Yes, that's correct. I joined FreeRepublic so I could make posts like that and have conversations with people such as yourself. Why else would I join?
Most likely that's one of the concessions we got in the SOFA negotiations. Soldiers can do without beer and porn. They won't like it, but they'll survive. But I'm sure the military put its foot down about our soldiers practicing their religions.
BTW, yeast (need it for baking bread, you know), apples and sugar from the mess hall turn into some yummy booze. Soldiers will not be denied in the end.
As another poster has pointed out, we agree not to violate the importation regulations of host countries when we station forces there.
Thats cool, Happy Holidays.
And since our soldiers have internet access, that pretty much makes the restrictions on porn irrelevant as well.
The whole point, though was to protect agricultural regions from pests, viruses and fungus that cause disease in valuable crops, particularly fruit trees.
There are all sorts of rules regarding chemicals ~ and Moslem dominated countries aren't the only ones to regulate entry of printed or photgraphic material. Just try sending Kiddy Porn from Nederland to the US and see who visits you.
The mailability rules in the International Mail Manual are actually the rules of the "other" country, not the US. You can help keep your foreign correspondents heads attached to their necks by complying with those rules. Even though "they" can't get you, "they" can get your friends, co-workers and relatives abroad.
One more time, catering to Islam is not the answer. What our government does not under is that we are fighting the ideology of Islam itself and now we are feeding it.
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