Posted on 08/04/2006 8:04:22 AM PDT by NYer
How about the US and the western world saying enough and go on a crusade against this?
500 years from now, some scholar is going to say that the reason that the slaughter of Christians continues (they already killed all the Jews) by radical Islamofascists is because in the early 21st century, the western world appeased radical Islam.
Like your take on the WW0. These cretins have been a scourge upon the world ever since their pedophile "prophet" made up his own religion because he couldn't get away with his evil deeds under the religions in existence at the time. Islam is NOT A RELIGION, it's a death cult. Pass the Kool-Aid........
**I have been referring to it as WW 0. It has been going on with cease fires for the Islamokazies to regroup for six centuries.**
Good call!
Using civilians, let alone Christians for their purpose is totally sickening.
Lord, please help the Israelis in this situation.
As Americans, we fought our first battle with Islam almost the moment we were "out from under the British thumb" / "without the Royal Navy's protection". We have fought them periodically ever since.
Using any humans as shields is despicable. What I find particularly telling is the Islamokazies' willingness to use there own co-relifionists as shields.
And as Christians we have been fighting the Islamonazi scourge since its inception.
co-relifionists=co-religionists
Edit twice, post once.
Exactly!
Someone wrote:
"No matter how you feel about it, the truth is:
* If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence.
* If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel."
The same is true for any religion/country. If we don't stand up for Jews, who will stand up for us?
Sounds like ethnic cleansing to me.
And even if we do it now, it will come with heavy cost. Perhaps more than the average man on the street would be willing to pay for life, liberty, and the pursuit of peace and happiness -- which we will lose anyway unless we all close ranks and start taking care of business.
Solutions?
No "easy" solutions, but then again, there never are to knotty problems. Solving "Islamism" is not going to be for the squeamish, but the stakes are too high...
the infowarrior
Let me re-phrase my question. What do you think the gummint should do today that needs to be done?
(a) On the foreign front?
(b) On the domestic front?
BUMP!
Hezbollah is despicable and contemptible.
I sincerely hope Israel finishes the job this time!
Prayers up for all the innocent civilians who are being used as shields.
Make no mistake, if our leaders cannot or will not communicate this in no uncertain terms to the American people, sooner or later, our enemies will and they will do so in in such a manner that the communications medium will be, in all probablility, tens of thousands of American citizens dead.
Then, once that is done, we must fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, and elsewhere, in such a manner that communicates it to our enemies and any town, city, localities, nations, parties, etc. that support them, in such a way that they cannot possibly mistake it. You seek to destroy the United States and our liberty and way of life, and it is you and all you hold dear that will be destroyed and laid low until you sue,uncoditionally, for peace and our mercy.
Then we support our allies, like Israel, in the same vane.
If we do that, and establish and support the resulting free governments in Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere, maybe, just maybe, we can avoid this turning into a world war that draws in our other enemies in Asia, South America, AFrica, the Carribean, etc. Otherwise, we will end up having to fight the same type of war, with much more chance for loss, in all of those areas at once.
Domestically, as regards our borders, our manufacturing base, our energy, our agricultural base, etc., we must take the same tact. That is, protecting them, developing self sufficiency in them, marshalling them, and gearing up to apply them in a true fullly-mobilized war environment.
It is too late, IMHO, to pretend or try and shield or hide from the American people the true extent of what is happening, or to avoid significant cost. Rather, we can communicate to them the extent and seriousness of the situation as a Reagan would have donbe, and enlist their help, sacrifice, and support in the hopes of avoiding a much worse set of circumstances.
Just my opinion.
See my post 39 in response to Eastbound.
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