[mikeIII]

In your zeal, you probably missed the Islamic persecutions of Christians on the site you recommended. Here are a few of them:

Weblog: Terror in Pakistan
Two Pakistani Christians Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison
Stolen Daughter - Parents demand answers after girl is kidnapped and reportedly raped.
Christians and Muslims Still Fighting, Dying in Ambon Governor, others decline to intervene in jihad attacks.
Muslim Mobs Destroy Churches
Weblog: Indonesian Religious Riot Death Toll Dwarfs 30 New Corpses
Radical Muslims Massacre 16 Protestants
Indonesian Island Attacks Go Unnoticed
Christians Killed, Churches Burn
The Violent Face of Jihad - What you can do to help persecuted Christians in Indonesia.
Christians Under Threat in Central Indonesia Jihad fighters foiled in initial bid to massacre Tentena Christians.
Pakistan's Christians Demand End to 'Religious Apartheid' at Polls
Pakistan's Christians 'Not Shocked' by Life Sentence for Former PM
Christmas Season Tense for Pakistan's Christians Separate murders follow Bahawalpur massacre.
High Court Injustice What you can do to help persecuted Christians in Pakistan.
PAKISTAN:Islamic Law Proposal Raises Tensions
PAKISTAN : Muslims Destroy Christian Village
Pakistani Christians Fight Against 'Apartheid' in Election System Under rule, citizens cannot vote for candidates outside their own religious affiliation.
Blasphemy Case Registered Against Young Pakistani Husband
PERSECUTION : Pakistani Bishop's Death Sparks Riots
Rapes of Christians Put Pakistani Justice on Trial

[Justin Raimondo]

No one denies the violence generated by religion, all religion. The point is that the Hindu nationalist leadership of India would never have attended a Christmas Day celebration in New Delhi as Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf did in Pakistan. Who can doubt that there is religious obscurantism throughout that entire area? The point is that at least the government of Pakistan is in the hands of a pro-American leader, for the moment: the same cannot be said of India, which has been historically anti-American. Their wielding of the big nuclear stick has as much to do with thumbing their nose at the US as it does with Pakistan.

I am not "taking sides" with one foreign power over another, or basing my views on matters of religion or race, but only looking at the looming confrontation between India and Pakistan from the perspective of putting American interests first. To get back to what I said in my column, I happen not to think that the vaporization of the US troops presently in Pakistan would be in American interests. Do you? Like Musharraf, I want this war to be "short but sweet." And, let's face it, if the mushroom clouds start sprouting over there, the monsoons will bring them straight to the West Coast.... and toward FreeRepublic!