Posted on 06/20/2004 3:08:03 AM PDT by risk
Don't most of the nations of Western and Central Europe still (officially) owe the U.S. money from various post-WWII loans? Money that we never really intended to have repaid lest we embarass our "friends"?
Why don't we transfer the repayment entitlement to sub-Saharan Africa? Then the Euros would be put in the embarassing position of either having to pay up or be seen as cheapskates.
I have a much better solution. It isn't moral...but it sure would be fun!
what, you want to have left the meanest most vicious Muslims left, the ones who kill babies and small children? These black farmers are the conquered; centuries ago they took Islam for protection. They sit in their villages. They are primitive and not expansionist.
The Arabs and the Pakistanis and the Indonesians are the ones to watch out for now, and if you cheer the slaughter of small children, I don't think I rank your philosophy much over theirs.
Mrs VS
From what I can tell, Islam is in itself a "mean, vicious" ideology. Muslims don't create things, they destroy them. They don't heal, they murder.
I'm gonna step out and be politically incorrect here: Islam is a pagan death cult. Every one of its adherents is a potential terrorist, so, no, I don't give a damn if those barbarians murder each other by the millions.
That sounds really nice. If Islam weren't a political ideology -- indocrtinated by force, from birth -- with no respect for human life, you might be on to something.
The problem is that Muslims are savages, incapable of civilized behavior. Point out to me one thing the Muslim world has contributed to the betterment of mankind in the last 200 years. Anything of significance. I'll wait.
No, I think the time has passed to try and convince or persuade those "people" to join the ranks of civilized humanity. It is time to rid the earth of the scourge of Islam.
I loved President Reagan and I miss him. But those "people" do nothing but destroy. And I'm past the point of feeling sorry for the "oppressed" Muslims. I just don't care about them at all.
I understand, and I think your response is a healthy one. War is war. But I'm going to support our political leaders in their efforts to "liberate" the Islamic world today. I think it is our principles that are under attack. When we separate ourselves from principle to gain a short-term advantage, we can nudge the goal of victory with just peace further away. I say "can," because winning is winning. I still think we can win without abandoning our faith in our own goodness.
We will eventually come full circle and fight wars based on religion. Christians must stand together
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