I feel so sorry for the Afghan women and children, and for the men who have fled with their families to the refugee camps. Unfortunately, the Afghans seem to be living in the 7th Century, just slightly out of the stone age. It’s too bad the Arab territories are so large and widespread. We were able to subdue the Japs and teach them modern Judeo-Christian morals and ethics after WW II, and they certainly benefited from that. But the Arabian countries are too vast.
I’ve got a copy of the Koran that a Saudi man gave me. It reads a lot like a mix between our Old and New Testaments. It doesn’t call for the killing of innocent people. I don’t think there is any more violence in it than there is in our Old Testament. The problem is in the way some of the crackpots misinterpret it. It’s like the way the old KKK used to misinterpret the Bible and try to justify murder by taking small Old Testament quotes out of context.
I saw a brief report on one of the news channels showing Afghan women without their head-coverings. They were nice looking, smiling, and very friendly toward the American news crew. They looked like “average folks”. Their kids were smiling and friendly too. I think we need some “smart bombs” that can distinguish between “nice folks” and “just plain jerks”. Maybe some smart bombs that can spot men with guns and go in and take them out, while sparing the women and children and the men without guns. So far, the only thing we’ve got like that are individual soldiers. Maybe it’s time to send them in.
Well, I agree with you. These people are trying to dress hatred up with religious fervor. I must say that I've noticed that on FR there have been a lot of posts that I personally think go over the line.
The “religious” part of all of this is merely the particular “ideology” of the crazy radicals among the Arabs. During WW II, the German “ideology” was racial superiority, and the Japanese “ideology” was “nationalistic superiority”. Similar to the old Russian communist-oriented ideology of a feeling of “Russian superiority”. All selfish radical ideology of one kind or another. All ego. Arabs who come to America and love America as I do are welcome in my neighborhood any time. But I think Arabs who hate this country should be exiled.
These people, unfortunately, have declared war on us, not the other way around. Sad to say, but they must be put down because of this. They seem to want to bring absolute hell and devastation to that region of the globe. They are consumed by their hatred. What they are doing to their own populations will ultimately kill Islam, IMO.
People there are currently plucking grass from the hillside, and boiling the grass for food, according to a CNN report on right now. There will be a reaction to these types of policies over time. If everyone isn't dead.
Why Fred, they smoke hashish and they make some of the best of that in the World.
Also they produce an annual OPIUM crop that almost totally supplies Western Europe.
Damn Libertarian Dopers, right?? So why do you feel sorry for them??
If any American did any of the things they do everyday you would have a fit.
Where you been??
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