[Prospero]

It's a good thing God Almight has the latitude to make decisions like this... I don't think the Pentagon, or any one else could have made such a move.

[eccentric]

Sin causes suffering, but very often the one who does the sinning is NOT the one who does the suffering.

[SE Mom]

WOW.

[muawiyah]

Interesting, and probably quite true. Sometimes the only way God can catch the attention of the Islamofascists is to smack them all right between the eyes with a 9.2 earthquake.

Still, the fellows at Aceh have been at this independence thing since before the Battle of Batavia. Guess that proves God is slow to anger.

[MEG33]

I am listening to the CNN reporter who was with our helicoptors from the Abraham Lincoln when they landed on Aceh....We are working very hard to help these people who consider us the enemy...I believe even the Indonesian govt had no access to this area before the earthquake..They are desperate for water and food.

[Swanks]

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) -

Pounding rain drenched the wrecked city of Banda Aceh and aftershocks shook the area Saturday, adding to the misery of homeless earthquake and tsunami survivors and heightening fears of waterborne diseases.

Aftershocks rattled the region, including a 6.5-magnitude quake 215 miles west of Banda Aceh on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Smaller aftershocks hit northern Sumatra and the Nicobar and Andaman islands, a remote Indian archipelago just north of Sumatra.

Saturday's rainstorm in Banda Aceh was the first since last Sunday's disaster. Health workers have warned that heavy rain could spread diseases like cholera and diarrhea. Thousands of uncollected corpses remain in and around the city.

[Quix]

If they are saying that God Almighty was indifferent to the jihadi's there,

I assert that they are . . . wellll . . .

dead wrong.

[FreedomPoster]

This is an interesting "take". He certainly sees a silver lining.

While I had certainly heard of Islamofascism and Christian persecutions in Indonesia, I had only vaguely heard of Banda Aceh as an Islamofascist stronghold. Any comments on that?

It certainly appears just *gone*, from some fairly hi-res satellite imagery I've seen.

[silverleaf]

islamofascist banda acheh ping

[stlnative]

Thank you for the post - I am glad to see some threads about the history of Aceh. Many people are not aware of it's history.

[lonevoice]

I hardly know what to make of this stunning information. Thanks for bringing it to light.

[JustPiper]

Does anyone have the link for ACEH disaster page that has the photos/lists of victims?

[xm177e2]

I was waiting for a Christian to claim the disaster might be a good thing because of who the victims were.

[RightOnline]

Reading further in this thread about the hampering (directly and indirectly) of our and others' rescue efforts........

Is there any more useless organization than the U.N., or any more worthless "religion" than Islam on the face of this planet?

Yeah.......rhetorical question.

[txhurl]

and if they find Osama among the dead there, I wouldn't be a bit surprised.

Hmm...

[SuziQ]

As it was, in our shock, probing in from the parameter toward the epicenter of the Banda Aceh Earthquake, only a few have considered whether the hand of the Almighty reached out and sliced off a decade from what still promises to be a protracted conflict with Islamo-Fascism.

That's something I hadn't thought of. One of my older sons asked just a little while ago if Al Queda might try to attack our ships offshore. I hadn't thought of that, either. I figured they couldn't get to them because of the nature of the destruction; they wouldn't be able to get to the seashore from the interior. But if the photographers can get there, so can the terrorists.

[DoctorMichael]

"......We certainly didn't cause this tragedy, but we'd be fools not to take advantage of the strategic miracle God has handed to us......."

Interesting and insightful! Well worth the read!

[Palladin]

An interesting point of view.

Something good comes out of something bad.

Maybe this is why God allowed it to happen--to once again turn back the tsunami that is Islam.

[Bon mots]

Nice in theory, but I don't buy it.
Muslims don't understand kindness.
The minute they are back on their feet, they'll all be wearing Osama Tee-Shirts and cursing America for tricking them into eating pork laced MREs.

IMHO We should help Thailand and Sri Lanka first. Let Osama help his Islamonazi friends.

[EternalVigilance]

Extremely interesting.

Bookmarked.

[stlnative]

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