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I'm Irish Catholic in ethinc and religious backgroun.d But I identify myself as an American.

If the IRA was in the act of blowing up my neigbors and countrymates, I'd kill them without a pause. Even though I'm Irish, I'm Catholic, and my ancestors were brutalized and killed by the Cromwell English mobsters.

So what? I'm an American. I would step up and fight until death ANY Irish Catholc who wished my country harm. Now. Unequivocally. I would stand at the side of any American Protestant Brit native who is under seige. I'm an American. It's not a hesitation for me.

What's your story?

My wisdom and ongoing care. I'm sick of lectures from "peaceful" and "enlightened" Muslims.

If Turkey is a targeted enemy of Al Qai'da and other Islamist groups ... why isn't your nation conducting it's own search and destroy operation against your enemies?

Turkey processed a lot of morphine base coming from your dire enemy Taliban from 1995-1999. TALIBAN???? Well, the base went for a good cause. Heroin products, I do believe. Right through Iran, and now through Georgia.

When you Turks go out on your own search and destroy mission against these forces that wish you death and destruction, I'll start believing your patter. All I see is commercial lovey dovey in the 90s with Iran and the Taliban monsters. Take your lectures elsewhere pal.

I am a Turkish and German Muslim. I hold both passports. I entered the US on a student visa when I was 17. This was my parents decision (German mom musical gymnastics professor, Turkish dad engineer), to spare me the terror in Turkey. Universities were especially affected.

Anyway, I was going to school, until a few years later I fell in love. We got married. She is a Catholic. She wanted to get married in a church, which did not bother me. We have two children together.

I never applied for citizenship, I felt that would be solid proof that I did not marry for that purpose. Now she's left me for another man, and I am Mr. mom. She's on the back seat of some guys Harley, living it up.

I could just take my kids and leave, but that would not be fair to them. They need to see her has often as possible.

As far as my loyalties, they lie with the righteous. And with my children... America stands for the same ideals that I do, and she's been kind to me. Had I been in one of those planes, the terrorists would have had to cut me up. Had I been standing next to the guy at LAX (fitting acronym), I would have done what I could to neutralize him. What more can I tell you?

When I was a kid growing up, terror was a tool used by the nationalists (USA money) and the communists (USSR money). The cold war was being fought even in my street. My parents still have pieces of shrapnel. No little bitty pieces, either: parts of inch thick bomb casing and stuff.. That was over 20 years ago. I've seen my share of this, which is so new to you. You're right to be angry, but focus it. Don't swing around blindly.