[ExSoldier]

I got this as an e-mail FWD from somebody for whom I have a tremendous amount of respect. Speaking as an educator with 16 years experience, this subject is in my area of expertise and I fully agree with the assessments made herein, as well as the history.

Bold and italic emphasis are mine, however.

[wagglebee]

Great Post!

[ExSoldier]

PING!!!!

[LauraleeBraswell]

Thankyou. Excellent read.

But Islam in general is a religion of hate. Wahhibism is a more extreme form of this, yes, but in general Islam isn't the religion of peace and love.

There are two books, the Koran and the Hadith. I think (think not sure) Wahibism places more emphasis on the Hadith.

Anyway, I agree with Ann Coulter. Let's go in there and convert them all to Christianity =( to be PC I'd like to also add) or Buddism. I don't see any violent Buddists.

[Tuba Guy]

Ping

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dhimmitude ....... live it or fight it

[Cindy]

Thank you Ex-Soldier for the ping.

[joesnuffy]

At least back then we did have leaders attending Bund meetings and proclaiming Naziism as the Social Order of Peace

imo

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping

[DuncanWaring]

A couple of minor points:

...Congress unanimously declared war on Japan, and the following day on Germany, which had not attacked us.

There was one "Nay" vote on the war declaration (by, if I recall correctly, the same woman who voted against the declaration to enter "The Great War").

Further, the declaration of war against Germany was only after they declared war on US.

[Fenris6]

Yup. We need to remember that the enemy is the Wahhabi sect of Islam, not Islam itself.

[Doe Eyes]

France, Germany, and Russia, have been selling these Islamic nations weapons technology at least as recently as 2002

The United States is still selling weapons to these Islamic nations.

[Mr. Lucky]

Ireland was not an ally during the Second World War.

[IncPen]

self ping

[eurostudent]

I also got this from a friend for whom I have tremendous respect. However, when one reads this through, and view it from a very scholarly point of view, it is filled with general statements that lacks support. There are no citations, no foot notes, no references etc. This piece is both opinion based, but also includes a whole lot of information. Because this information is not cited, nor referenced, the piece overall lacks tremendous credibility. I will also here maintain my earlier statements, that we cannot blame Islam for being a religion based on evil and hatred. As I have mentioned in an earlier posting: I am not a Muslim, nor am I a Protestant, Buddhist, Catholic etc. In fact, I am not religious because I believe religions in general have a tendency to cause war. consider the 30 year war in Europe, which was fought between Protestants and Catholics, my question remains, who was the evil then? Religion brought us the morals we live by today: don't cheat, don't steal etc. But, they are facilitated by all religions (not Christianity alone). The West should, at no point, attempt to convert or blame Islam for anything. Instead our goals should be to bring peace, democracy and freedom to those parts of the worlds that are most in need of it. This should be done without force, as forcing our own beliefs on other nationalities breaches the freedom that we are supposed to promote. In conclusion, I hope to see this piece again somewhere with a complete set of citations so that it brings more credibility to the public that it addresses.

[beebuster2000]

b for l

[Bullish]

Why don't we see peace activists demonstrating in Iran, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, and North Korea; in the places in the world that really need peace activism the most?

Obviously because they're liars and cowards who's real agenda is full of hatred and greed.