Posted on 09/05/2004 11:58:26 AM PDT by Canticle_of_Deborah
Has Rush even mentioned this yet?
It floors me how OUR GUYS are failing to give this the spotlight it deserves (Laura Ingraham is doing a great job with it, though).
I started on Chapter 11. When I got to Ch. 12 WHAT TO DO? A GLOBAL STRATEGY, page 362; there's this paragraph (speaking to/about Islamist Terrorism). Emphasis mine:
It is not a position with which Americans can bargain or negotiate. With it there is no common ground - not even respect for life - on which to begin a dialogue. It can only be destroyed or utterly isolated.
Yeah, shoot on sight...
Thanks for the Ping, boss. I'd have missed it otherwise.
That's your opinion, and you're welcome to it. I believe God said it, meant it, and deserves to be worshipped for having said it. I won't, however, force you to believe it. Read exactly why it was, that the Amalekites needed killin'. You might think so, too.
They're probably right...
The Islamic world isn't totally quiet. There have been protests against terrorism and in remembrance of the children. On the other hand, the Islamic nations are not willing to qualify the genocide in Sudan as a genocide. They never are when their people are perpetrating it.
Those deaths do cry out for justice. I just want to make the point that they have children too, and killing a bunch of them is not the solution. For years, the Russians have been killing their children, not on purpose but in the context of fighting the Chechens, so they think they are justified to shoot babies in the back. We should assassinate the terrorists responsible, with as little "collateral" damage as possible.
Ah! Ya got me! I must have been pretty tired when I mentioned virgins with husbands!
Nonetheless the point remains. They were taken by force and made to be with the men who killed their fathers and brothers and nonvirgin female relatives.
Cronos: The bible does indeed say to not hang out with those who are not Godly. I have been reading a Koran on line, and I don't see anything that sticks out yet. I did look up a few passages as they relate to Christians and Jews. Some are complimentary and tender, while others are not.
Not all Muslim lands outlaw Christianity. I think it is easier for people to NOT evangelize because it's too complicated and hard. But we evangelize in China and in Africa, even though doing so puts our lives in grave danger.
The Lord wants Muslims (and liberals) to come to Him, I am sure. I think our foreign policy needs to be changed a bit. We will buy oil elsewhere if they oppress people of other faiths. They have no right to hoard all of that money, while starving their people for basic services and denying them to right to worship as they please. Thinking about their culture makes me all the more convinced that we should sink money into making alternative energy safer (and deporting eco-freaks) and get the hades OUT of that twisted region. I see no reason (except to spread the word) to be involved so deeply with these insane raghead self-proclaimed demi Gods. I mean, what kind of countries still have KINGS and strongmen ruling the people? I feel deeply for the people of these nations, but they themselves will need to fight for their own freedom if they are to ever appreciate it and civilize.
You are correct. And in conventional warfare that is done. But you can't stop collateral damage in warfare. You can only do your best to minimalize it. Still, it must be done.
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eeehh.... Egypt?) 85% muslim, 15% Christian - is it enough Muslim-dominated? Then, Turkey - or is it WAY TOO Western for you? Oh yes, it's not arab - but it is muslim-dominated.
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