Posted on 07/18/2005 10:58:49 PM PDT by Checkers
It's our Sword of Damocles for the Islamic extremists.
Given their suicidal nature...it's all we have against them, I believe.
However, I suspect that the Muslims like al-Qaeda and their supporters are working at a kind of strike that would so grind America to a hault emotionally and concretely that a policy to eliminate Mecca would be impossible to carry out.
We must stop thinking of the Muslim terrorists as acting alone. They are easy dupes for the ChiComs, the leftover Russian Communists, and others who want America face down in the dirt. The Wall falling and trade opening did not put an end to these forces that work, think, and plan night and day for our demise.
The Russins and the Chi-Coms are both concerned with the radical islamics also. The Russians have also had attacks...Remember the theater massacre?
This seems like a Waaaay Over The Top comment:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1445782/replies?c=51
Please...
"Funny how you sound just like the posters on Democratic Underground who say the same thing about all conservatives and the Iraq war. Why aren't you over in Iraq if you support the war effort?"
You say we're at war with Islam. You don't have to go to Iraq to find Islam, it's right here.
So why aren't you doing your part to fight the war you say we're in?
What if Muslims nuke the Vatican? An Algerian attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II. (Historical footnote, but true, nonetheless.) Where is the line in the sand? Washington DC? Boston, NYC? LA, Denver, Chicago? Or six or seven at once? There has to be some outrage we won't put up with. No?
Not only politically foolish, but tactically and strategically foolish as well.
Right now, some Muslim countries (like Turkey) are more-or-less on our side, and many other Muslim nations, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, are at least not actively fighting against us. If we were to explicitly frame this as a U.S. vs. Islam war, we would be in a heap more of trouble than we are now.
All Jews face towards the Temple Mount in Jerusalem when they pray, and Jewish prayers are in Hebrew. (I am NOT comparing Judaism to islam [God forbid!], but I am pointing out that your examples do not prove that Muslims are pagans.)
Why aren't you doing your part in the Iraq war if you support it?
"Why aren't you doing your part in the Iraq war if you support it?"
Because I'm 30 years too old to enlist and go to Iraq. Besides, been there, done that, back in Vietnam.
So, why aren't you actually fighting the war that you're saying is right here in your city, chickenhawk?
You could go over as a private contractor. Guess you're just not trying hard enough. I'm doing my part here to educate fools like you about the true Islam. I know you wish I were out somewhere breaking laws and killing people, but that wouldn't serve the cause. It would only give ammo for propaganda spread by morons like you.
"You could go over as a private contractor."
Actually, I can't. (I applied to several firms and was turned down--they don't want people with heavy-duty hypertension and diabetes.)
"Guess you're just not trying hard enough."
Neither are you. There are followers of Islam close to hand to carry the war to--and you refuse to do it.
"I'm doing my part here to educate fools like you about the true Islam."
If it's a war, then you are either actually fighting it, or you are a useless blowhard chickenhawk.
Lead by example, please.
"I know you wish I were out somewhere breaking laws and killing people, but that wouldn't serve the cause."
You're a complete coward--unwilling to do anything to fight the war you preach about.
"It would only give ammo for propaganda spread by morons like you."
Either we're at war with the entire religion of Islam, and you're a coward fleeing from the fight, or you simply engaged your mouth prior to engaging your brain, which merely makes you Tom Tancredo.
I'm fighting it, just not in the way you would like so you would have some more propaganda to spew. Yawn.
It's also a shame that Vietnam turned you into a raving lunatic. May your last days in the asylum be peaceful.
I did not know that, thanks for the enlightenment.
I googled this after reading your post:
http://christianactionforisrael.org/whosecity.html
"Jews at prayers all over the world face towards the Temple Mount. Muslims, even those praying on the Mount, face away from it, towards Mecca. In the Old Testament, Jerusalem is mentioned on 656 occasions; the city's well-being is central to Jewish prayer.
In the New Testament, the city is the scene of the climacteric events of the Christian faith. In the Koran, Jerusalem is not mentioned by name at all."
YESSSSSSSSSSSS!
Sorry, only room for one bombardier.
Given the huge crowds at Mecca, especially during Ramadan, a nuke would take out around two million Muslims at prayer. If two million Americans are eliminated by a terrorist suitcase nuke, what would be an "appropriate PC response?" It's a legitimate question, guys.
Contact CAIR with advance sympathies?
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