[nightdriver]

"...it might be better for the U.S. to back a U.N.-sponsored Marshall Plan for them—one that could include Community Parenting Centers run by local people who could teach more humane childrearing practices...

No! This would just provide another hated, western-inspired target for the islamists to bomb.

The problem IS islam!

It's very possible that the "..abomination of desolation" in the Bible is refering to islam. Whether it is or not, islam surely fits the description.

All pagan gods are refered to in the Bible as "abominations." Islam's moon god, allah, should be no exception.

[Valin]

The problem IS islam!

Then I assume you don't think what we are doing in Iraq is correct?

All pagan gods are refered to in the Bible as "abominations." Islam's moon god, allah, should be no exception.


Ok, and just what does this have to do with the war we're fighting?