[Old_Mil]

In the hearts and minds of all God's children exists a desire to practice "Free Will". That is what the "Constitution" teaches. For the first time in recorded history people of one nation are willing to die so that the people of another nation can have such freedom. G W Bush did that!

What makes you think that Muslims are "God's children" in the sense that you are using the term? Throughout history, groups of human beings have been willing to die to deny people of another nation freedom. Were they "God's children" too?

It was one thing to go into Iraq to neutralize nuclear and biological weapons. It's quite another to stay there trying to turn the nation into a western democracy that appreciates cable TV.

[Cicero]

Since I believe in the Christian God, I think it's fair to say that God gave everyone freedom to choose.

Unfortunately, Muslims don't believe that, not one bit. There are several reasons why I consider Islam a heresy, not a true monotheistic religion. One of them is that the Koran directly contradicts the Bible on a number of points. Another is that Islam has some fundamental, basic issues, which go back to Muhammed himself and the Koran.

Christians also believe in conscience, the "law of God that is written in the heart," and conscience is related to free will and helps to guide it. But it's possible to sin to the extent that you become deaf to conscience, and I'm sorry to say that seems to be the state that Muslim extremists, at least, are in.

It's really hard not to conclude that Allah is nothing but a mask for Satan.

[GraniteStateConservative]

It's quite another to stay there trying to turn the nation into a western democracy that appreciates cable TV.

They appreciate cable TV already. That's partially why they have such problems with power outages-- all the new appliances and such that came across the border unimpeded once Saddam fell and we had too few troops to watch the borders.