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I'm done with the 'George Bush made me do it' excuse
Houston Chronicle ^
| July 26, 2005
| MONA ELTAHAWY
Posted on 07/25/2005 11:33:21 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
This was interesting, thanks for posting!!
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posted on
07/25/2005 11:37:41 PM PDT
by
FeeinTennessee
(http://hometown.aol.com/feereports/feepolitics.html)
To: FeeinTennessee
It looks like the Houston Chronicle is beginning to get it.
Pointless
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.Some Arabs, frustrated by their culture's economic, political and technological backwardness, no doubt long for an Islamic ascendancy, one that would teach the Western democracies a lesson. Some even speak of restoring the caliphate that during the Middle Ages controlled much of the Mediterranean world.
At this point, one speculation about the perpetrators of terrorism and their aims is about as good as another. One impression, however, is gaining strength: The savage and unconscionable nature of the suicide attacks on innocent civilians particularly in Iraq, where a group of children was singled out for destruction seems to be alienating all but the most committed zealots and mass murderers.***
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Too far and few between, that's my take on this.
It's a good read, but we should be reading hundreds of articles like this daily, not one per week or two.
The Muslim world should be up in arms at the thrashing their faith is taking in world public opinion. Instead we get a few cornered Imams making a few CYA remarks that will fade away faster than redness from 15 minutes in the sun.
It is a global scandal, that the Muslim world has thus far stood by and accepted what is being perpetrated on their behalf, in almost unanimous stone cold silence.
It's not going unnoticed here. We've got your number Islam. It's a big fat zero when it comes to operating in the civilaztion that is 2005, not 1205.
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posted on
07/25/2005 11:51:46 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
To: DoughtyOne
They should be marching in the streets.
I guess they know what these murderers are capable of.
But avoiding the truth and not standing up to murderers only serves the murderers.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
It does serve the murderers. And frankly, it serves those who would seek to destroy Islam, far more than those who profess the disire to protect it. But of course, those are the exact same people these days, and Islam is blind to it.
Yes they should be marching in the streets.
Thanks for the response.
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posted on
07/26/2005 12:03:46 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
To: DoughtyOne
It does serve the murderers. And frankly, it serves those who would seek to destroy Islam, far more than those who profess the disire to protect it. But of course, those are the exact same people these days, and Islam is blind to it. You are so correct.
It is self destruction.
A suicide by cop scenario.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
interesting. possibly even encouraging. I cannot but wonder how long it will be before this author has a death-fatwa on her head.
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posted on
07/26/2005 12:11:56 AM PDT
by
King Prout
(and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
A good read.
I only wish I saw as much outrage and visible response as I did over the phony Koran in the toilet issue. But I guess a book is more important than mere human lives to some.
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posted on
07/26/2005 12:12:25 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Dean won't call UBL guilty without a trial, but thinks DeLay and Rove should be in jail)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
To: King Prout
I think that is a huge part of the problem.
They use terror to keep people cowed.
But if there are millions upon millions who oppose this form of Islam, they need to rise up and say so.
To: Darkwolf377
It's different when it's your ox being gored.
To: martin_fierro
To: Cincinatus' Wife
perhaps a policy as follows might prod them to stand?
In any case, I think the immediate reprisal nuking of Mecca would be an incorrect policy.
1. I think it would be better to target Medina (literally "the city of the prophet"), as it was there that Mohammed declared war on the entire world some 1350 years ago, beginning the subsequent uninterrupted imperial ambition of Islam.
2. I think we should give formal notice of imminent nuclear eradication, and give them one full week from the conclusion of the announcement to evacuate the city.
3. I think we should then stack-nuke it, starting with airbursts and ending with deep-penetrators.
4. I think we should make it explicitly clear that any subsequent Islamic WMD violation of the "second chance" this policy grants the Ummah to keep its damned Black Stone will be repaid with the instant and unannounced stack-nuking of the Kaaba enclosure and Mecca as a whole (including ALL the traditional pilgrimage features).
5. I think this should be public policy.
6. I think this policy should make it explicitly clear that we do not *desire* to do this, but assuredly SHALL do this, without fail, should we ever come under WMD attack by any Islamic entity.
7. I think this policy should make it explicitly clear that, in this war against trans-national Islamicists, the onus of cooperation rests upon the Ummah as a whole. If they want to keep their fetishes, they need to play ball... or we will definitely ram the bat up their collective arse.
Such a policy used to be called "nuclear deterrence"
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posted on
07/26/2005 12:29:18 AM PDT
by
King Prout
(and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
To: King Prout
I imagine the idea of such reprisal has caught the attention of Muslims who, up until now, have been just sitting back and watching the "show."
To: Cincinatus' Wife
well, their cult IS tied directly to a material fetish object at a known fixed geographical location.
this is their cult's achilles heel.
It is LONG past time they were reminded that we are aware of this fact, and fully capable of taking permanent corrective measures should the need arise.
Though I believe Tancredo errs in thinking Mecca should be the *immediate* reprisal target, I thank him for putting the ugly guts of the thing on the table.
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posted on
07/26/2005 12:37:24 AM PDT
by
King Prout
(and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
We read now of the possible tactical Nuclear weapons that are supposed to be deployed in the US to be used by the terrorists.
Does the Islamic world have any idea what the backlash of a nuclear detonation within the US would be like for Muslims throughout the world?
The least of their problems is that the US government would have to respond in kind to save face. The Christian population of North America would instantly begin to hunt down and execute Muslims no matter what their beliefs. Europe would instantly be in a religious war.
The worst enemy of the Islamic people are Islamic terrorists. If they are not stopped from using nuclear weapons it will cost millions of Muslims their lives and destroy the Muslim religion.
I guess the pertinent questions are, Do we have to prove to you that Allah can not reach out and swat down our incoming nuclear weapons? Do we have to prove to you that the 5% of American citizens that are Muslim can not and will not dominate our country, our religion, or our government. They would be eliminated by an infuriated populace that would not stop until the Muslim world was completely decimated. If non violent Muslims do really exist, they need to be taking care of this threat right now by what ever means is necessary. Your whole world is at stake.
To: oldenuff2no
not "decimated" (reduced by one out of ten)
ANIHILATED. REDUCED TO NOTHING.
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posted on
07/26/2005 12:44:24 AM PDT
by
King Prout
(and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
To: oldenuff2no
Truth and fanaticism don't mix.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
"On March 31, 2005, the presidential panel on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) published their overwrought report that is over 600-page long in which it pointed out a colossal failure by the U.S. intelligence (read CIA), which gave a blow to American credibility that will take years to correct."--
Dr. A.H. Jaffor Ullah, a researcher and columnist, writes from New Orleans, USA
Whenever you have to put 'Sanity' in your name it usually means you're not.
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posted on
07/26/2005 1:00:08 AM PDT
by
rvoitier
(SMILE! There's a NYT reporter in jail.)
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