Bush Issues Ramadan Statement

VOA News ^ | October 25, 2003

[sarcasm]

The White House has issued President Bush's annual greeting to Muslims around the world who will observe the holy month of Ramadan.

In his message, President Bush says Islam is a peaceful religion that has helped shape the character of the United States, and has made great contributions to the world.

Mr. Bush said Americans cherish the freedom to worship and, he said, "we remain committed to welcoming individuals of all religions."

During Ramadan, President Bush said Muslims fast, pray, contemplate and renew their commitment to lead lives of honesty, integrity and compassion.

[RJayneJ]

Thanks for the nomination! };^D)

[iconoclast]

"And how may of these 13000 can be trusted? In a word, Zero."

Fortunately their military commanders think differently.

Yeah. I recall one of them who did .... it cost him a tent full of Americans.

[CWOJackson]

That murdering scum was a disgruntled soldier who happened to be Muslim...nothing more.

[CWOJackson]

"FDR did not praise the Japanese for being peace-loving people after they invaded Pearl Harbor."

Hardly anyone did. That's why the men of the 442nd were called "Japs" a lot...even though they become one of the most heavily decorated AMERICAN units in WWII. Not bad for some dirty "Japs".

[null and void]

LOL!

[iconoclast]

You are flawed.

And you are seriously radical.

To what do attribute your radicalism?

[CWOJackson]

You are seriously deluded...I have no desire to know why.

[iconoclast]

It wasn't that many years ago some would have said you can't trust them because they're black.

Your attempts at analogies are breathtakingly superficial and simple minded.

[CWOJackson]

Here are you Muslims of yesterday:

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team is the MOST decorated unit in U.S. military history.

It was composed of mainland Japanese Americans and Japanese Americans from Hawaii. It is the 442nd that coined the motto "Go for Broke!" and upheld those words throughout their entire time of service in World War II.

The troops of the 442nd Regiment fought in eight major campaigns in Italy, France and Germany, including the battles at Belmont, Bruyeres and Biffontaine. At Biffontaine, the unit fought perhaps its most famous battle, the "Rescue of the Lost Battalion". In this bloody confrontation, the 442nd unit lost more than 800 troops to rescue 211 members of the Texan 1st Battalion of the 141st Regiment. There were also numerous accounts of individuals who displayed incredible valor while attempting to advance their positions and rescue wounded comrades.

In less than two years of combat, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team earned more than 18,000 individual decorations including one Medal of Honor, 53 Distinguished Service Crosses, 588 Silver Stars, 5,200 Bronze Star Medals, 9,486 Purple Hearts, and eight Presidential Unit Citations (the nation's top award for combat units).

Everyone should read about them...and how those dirty Japs were treated by other Americans.

[hollywood]

Currently we are living under the Constitution, which grants them religous freedom for zealots who would persecute them.

Please define 'religion' for me. While you're at it, would you please compare a 'religious' person to a 'zealous' one? This little exercise might help reduce some of my confusion on this 'religion of peace' issue.

[CWOJackson]

Dude you are a living example of many, many things...including simple mindedness.

[wardaddy]

Problem with Islam is that only the "apostate" ones are the moderates if they were to follow the Koran.

This burr under civilization's saddle has been festering for a long time and now with WMDs and a birth rate eclipsing nearly everyone else....it's a big problem and I see no easy cure. All we can do is make them behave through force and our own violence. We can't kill a billion Islamists and even if we had the will to do so, they would pop back up somewhere else. I do believe that enough crushing power on their necks will as you suggest force the "moderates" to purge the Fundies....for the time being. This is a conflict that has no end really.

Worse, we are embracing our own homegrown variety here, many of whom are not actually true Muslims but have the same viseral hatred for us anyhow...usually race-based.

[Gritty]

The fact the millions have died at the hands of so-called Christians, in the name of Jesus and God is hardly different then what Islam did itself.

You are missing a big difference here.

"Christians" may have killed in the name of Jesus and God, but did so in direct violation of Biblical teachings if this was their true motive and not merely an excuse or false teaching, which is easily disproved by Scripture.

Islam kills in the name of Allah in direct obedience to the direct commands and teachings of Mohammed and Islam.

Islam converts by the bloody sword of the soldier, not by the peaceful persuasion of the Sword of the Holy Spirit.

One side murders as a required part of their religion, the other murders in spite of their religion.

Big difference.

It is no accident that for 14 centuries Islam has soaked the world with "bloody borders".

[CWOJackson]

You're missing a big difference here...not all Muslims are Islamic Fundlementalists, just like all Christians are Methodists.

[CWOJackson]

"Please define 'religion' for me."

No thanks, but you may wish to see whether the Constitution "defines" religion.

[hosepipe]

[ The White House has issued President Bush's annual greeting to Muslims around the world who will observe the holy month of Ramadan. ]

HOLY!..... Theres nothing even remotely holy in islam...

The only thing holy in Islam is the ground where victims are buried..

[iconoclast]

I don't have to feel embarassed about my Military record, how about you, "CWO".

It's apparent why you weren't front seat material

Real gentlemanly reply.

How about really answering the man's question?

[Kozak]

Yeah, well better the rear of an F-4 then the rear of an ass like you. By the way, you just slimed every, WSO, RIO, Navigator,Engineer, Gunner, and Flight Surgeon who ever flew. Oh yeah I left a Major, but I guess YOU weren't Commissioned Officer material. Judging by your inability to reply to an argument without a personal attack I suspect it had to do with your poor intelligence.