[CyberCowboy777]

Thank you.

Let there be no mistake, we are fighting pure evil. What other name is there? We cannot call them animals because even animals do not hate and destroy like these vile creatures. These evil men who murder, mutilate and destroy, who’s acts rip and claw at the very core of the human soul. These men cannot be placated and they cannot be contained.

This is not a Muslim thing, millions of Muslims live life without a thought of mass murder. This is a culture of death, a sub-set of a faith fouled by death and hate and destruction. Take no heart in numbers though, they few hundreds of thousands, maybe millions have been tearing at all that is good for centuries, whatever their current incarnation.

They send their children out as bombs, they mutilate their women, they murder innocents and they seek to destroy humanity as we know it. They do not simply hate the US, they hate anybody not like them, and it is only that the US is a convenient target, a target that presents itself in an effort to make a better world.

You likely did not see the slow beheading of Dan Pearl or Nick Berg. The images of the mutilated, burned and abused bodies of Americans hung from that bridge were not shown on the evening news. The pictures of those in the burning towers of 9/11, jumping to their death to escape certain death by fire are seldom viewed. The terrible video of US soldiers being drug through the streets of Mogadishu are gut wrenching, but few bore witness.

But these are the deeds, the real evil face of our enemy. These are the terrorist, a word that cannot describe their black souls. An enemy found in Iraq, Afghanistan, Spain, Russia and even in the United States of America. We cannot turn our eyes from the pain or cover our ears to the screams; we must face with all our courage this common enemy to humankind.

Afghanistan and Iraq are just the beginning and Americans and citizens of the world must steel their resolve. If we don’t get them first, they will get us.

[68skylark]

(Wow -- there are some good photos toward the bottom of your profile page.)

[Moonman62]

Thanks.

[numberonepal]

"Yur a good egg Noonan."

[Annie03]

Thank you. I hold out great hope that the people of Iran may be free of their current govt. I've seen picture that reflect how Westernized many in the country are. I thank you for coming forward. Blessings.

[cake_crumb]

Thank you.

Coming right on the heels of Hizbollah "slamming" Berg's murder as un-Islamic because it overshadows the Iraq prison photos and therefore must be an American plot, you have no idea how uplifting your sincere condemnation is.

Unfortunately, you'll never get any time on the mass media.

[votelife]

thank you

[johnb838]

· In the Bible (e.g., Ezra 1:1-4), Cyrus is famous for freeing the Jewish captives in Babylonia and allowing them to return to their homeland. His name occurs twenty two times in the Bible.

It has also not escaped my attention that the Iranians have always had an especial relationship with the Jewish People. My understanding is that this stems from the similarities of Judaism and Zoroastrianism.

[Stat-boy]

Whenever I think of Iranian-Americans, Matt Ghaffari comes to mind. He won a Silver medal in the 1996 Olympics in wrestling, losing in overtime to legend Alexander Karelin

[jimt]

With all the "there are no moderate Muslims" threads running, your comment took guts. Thanks.

[Codeflier]

I feel for you because you are put in the postion of having to defend your beliefs all the time because of insane people trying to relive a period centuries ago.

Do you think the people of Iran will overthrow its government anytime soon?

[Conservative4Ever]

Thanks for your post. Good to hear some outrage from the Muslim community. Thanks for your courage to speak out.

Red

[SevenDaysInMay]

The Koran commands that "bad" peaceful, aka "hypocrit" muslims be killed by devout, "good" muslims even before the Jews.

A long over due reformation of islam shall be costly for bad muslims and infedels alike, a war of annihilation we shall either win or lose.

Pearl and Berg were murdered in an islamic ritual favored by Mo'ham'.

Koranazis have again reignited their invasive Terror War of world conquest after 500 years of defeated shame.

Americans must read their Koran and Haddith to undestand our mortal enemies' bloodlustful hate of us.

[Question_Assumptions]

Thanks. You aren't responsible for what other Muslims do but it would help if more Muslims spoke out against what these slugs are doing, not only to Americans but their fellow Muslims in the Middle East.

[Maceman]

That's all.. after reading some of the posts on here i just wanted to say i'm Muslim and i condemn these acts.

I appreciate and applaud your statement. I hope it is true that there are millions more like you. Certainly I understand that millions of Iranians oppose the fundamentalist regime in Iran, and I admire their courage.

But based on what I have seen and heard generally from the Muslim world since 9-11, I'm thinking that if you really are a devout Muslim, you must be very lonely.

[elbucko]

If you speak Farsi, or any other Middle Eastern dialect, it would serve you well as a citizen, a Muslim and an Iranian ex-patriot to make it known to the FBI. There is a shortage of translators.

I wish you well. However you have a hard row to hoe to regain the trust and understanding of many Americans. Muslims have sucker-punched the US and we just don't forgive something like that. Israel and Palestine are no excuse. Quite frankly, many, not all, but many non Semitic Americans consider Jews and Arabs to merely be cousins that can't get along with each other because one calls God one name, the other another. You're both from the blood of Abraham.

(However, I admit that some Christians delight in cutting each others throats, figuratively, that is.)

[Hanging Chad]

Thank you for that, Cyrus.

[rintense]

Thank you, Cyrus.

[lilylangtree]

Thank you. Your words have somewhat calmed my raging emotions right now. I'm angry about the CBS' insensitivity, the general media's constant and persistent need to dwell on the Abu Ghraib while it's being investigated and has been for a long while while overlooking the atrocity done to Berg, our demoncRAT congressional leadership who were notified about the situation of Abu Ghraib and now pretend they didn't, the murderous acts by Berg's and Pearl's kidnappers who try to fake their reasons, Satyr who needs to be eliminated posthaste, 911, etc.

[CWOJackson]

Thank you sir. Some people are having a hard time not understanding that Muslims aren't of one mind...which is exactly what the terrorists wish to happen.