[expatguy]

"Yep. But this thread is about hate. In fact, every thread expatguy puts up is about hate, in one form or another."

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Those are very serious accusations Sinkspur.

This thread has nothing to do with "hate" Sinkspur. This thread concerns Dr. Condoleeza Rice's pandering remarks to Muslims worldwide in response to acts of terrorism.

The comments made by Dr. Rice were meant to appease an angry mob of Muslims who were rioting. When I made this posting here I did my best to explain that the postion taken by our government would end up doing us more damage and that the proper response would have been simply "no response".

I live in a Muslim country Sinkspur. I speak the language and have been here now close to twenty years. In that time I have come to understand both Muslims and their religion intimately. I feel proud that I have something to share and to contribute here at FReerepublic.

If you look at the events that have transpired worldwide ever since that time you will notice that the statement by Dr. Rice, the retractions by Newsweek and the deprecating self-abasement of millions of American appeaseniks and apologists have accomplished absolutely nothing. The "Arab Street" is still fuming. Perhaps Americans need to ask themselves why?

Taking into consideration our mutual dislike of "hatred" and our desire to rid the world of it Sinkspur I have taken the liberty of pinging a few others to this thread and to the comments contained herein. You might notice a few of the names. They are the names of your fellow FReepers that you have either flamed, insulted, accused of "hatred" or been abusively confrontational with all within the last 24 hours. All it took was a simple search of your postings here.

In the spirit of peace I'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt and consider that perhaps you did not mean to be confrontational and abusive. Perhaps I to have been judgmental of of you, perhaps I have displayed "hatred" in my postings here and if so, I would be most grateful if you would publically accept my apologies here.

[Gritty]

I just went over to your website. It has a lot of interesting information and first hand observations.

It is obvious you know a lot more about what you are talking about than some of your detractors.

[Baraonda]

Excellent post, expatguy, and I agree with it 100%.

Now I'll just stay in the background and wait the responses, if any.

As always, stay safe.

[thoughtomator]

I haven't run into him in the last 24 hours but I have been there, more than once...

[USF]

Don't worry, I didn't get where that comment came from either, and the LGF prayer comes to mind at times like this..