Posted on 12/09/2001 6:22:59 AM PST by philo
Yes, this guy made the wrong assumptions, he assumes everyone is as anti-American as he and he assumes the Afghan people are glad to have the Arabs dominate them and he assumes they are stupid people who don't know he is a Taliban supporter. They probably beat him up because he acts very stupid and phony.
I should have said Afghans (who are NOT Arabs). Sorry.
Yes as the drumbeat continues,
ISLAM is a religion of "Peace".
They won't get Geraldo, he's packin' heat.
When the 'terrorists' attacked the world trade center and the pentagon, Americans just couldn't wait to kill someone ... as we have. But when Muslims families are killed, they need to just shut up and go home ... oh wait, they no longer have homes. We struck out at an entire people, most of whom don't have a clue WHAT the world trade center WAS. So go ahead. Be brave. Check out some of the photo coverage that's available all over the net of legless, armless, blind and bleeding Afghan children and tell me what part they had in 9/11. Be proud of the carnage we have wrought. And then consider, despite our 'surgical strike capabilities' and our 'smart bombs, Osama is still alive. Omar is still alive. Saddam is still alive. Qadaffi is still alive, Arafat is still alive. Starting to get the picture? Millions of dead civilians all over the world ... but the alleged 'perps' are always somehow allowed to 'escape', again and again. You people who keep screaming for more and more blood have some nerve to talk about the murderous people in these foreign countries. Take a look in the mirror. These are wars against 'civilization', not against 'evil-doers'.
Read the article before you spout off, queenie. A 'religious muslim leader' called off the mob.
Yes! A song was even written about it.--"What's The Frequency, Kenneth?"
Clintonesque. The epitome of liberal mindset.
Can you think in something other than sound bytes?
Why bother? You skipped over Gumption's thoughtful question and responded instead to my silly remark. That's a measure of the dialogue you're looking for.
...ain't it great.
Sorry, but reality is reality: it was "a Muslim mob attacking a Westerner for no reason." A real reason for a mob to attack and attempt to kill an unarmed person whose car broke down in the middle of nowhere. Um, I can't think of what that would be. Nor can I agree that anger because family members were killed by one entity allows others to kill an "innocent." Especially not if, as has been the PC words, "Islam is a peaceful religion." Born again Christians would not do this.
As for what response would have been preferable ... perhaps a little more substantiation to implicate BinLaden (or whomever) before the bombs started falling. They had him pin-pointed before the first tower fell. And don't give me the old 'we can't tell you how we know he's guilty or we'd jeopardize our intelligence people' BS. Our intelligence people didn't have a clue until about five minutes after the second plane hit the towers. And then suddenly they knew who planned it, how many planes had been targeted, the names of the hi-jackers and exactly where to find the evidence. Most of us don't like turnips, but how are we supposed to prove we didn't just fall off the truck when we fall for such utter nonsense?
Amazing that one of the supposed suicide bombers showed up at our embassy in Saudi Arabia a few days after 9/11 saying 'hey man, it wasn't me', and yes, he did actually train in the US, but flies for an airline in Saudi Arabia, is alive and well and can prove he was thousands of miles away when the attack took place, so why have you heard none of this in our unbiased, truthful US media? If that doesn't raise your eyebrows a little, pull yourself back up out of the dirt and climb back on the truck.
Well, there you go. Please see my post #39 for my response to Gumption. But then you never wait for a 'reasoned' response, do you. Just grab your mouth and start shooting it off (in soundbytes).
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