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Has U.S. threatened to vaporize Mecca?
World Net Daily ^ | 1-7-05

Posted on 01/07/2005 12:32:37 AM PST by hope

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To: EQAndyBuzz
"Or is that why we went into Iraq in the first place?"

No.

201 posted on 01/07/2005 5:49:10 AM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Star Traveler
"Kill the core symbols of Islam and the disease dies."

Sorry, but I don't think it's that easy to kill a religion.
202 posted on 01/07/2005 5:49:56 AM PST by Atlantic Friend
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To: broadsword

sure, i would probable threaten the same thing...however, carrying it out would be unrealistic.


203 posted on 01/07/2005 6:02:25 AM PST by Alex Marko
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To: broadsword

LOL... This would certainly smack the Koranimals delusional belief system out from under them.

;o)


204 posted on 01/07/2005 6:02:39 AM PST by USF (I see your Jihad and raise you a Crusade ™ © ®)
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To: lentulusgracchus

Your statement is true respective to the medieval persecution of Jews by the nations of Western Europe, which often was supported or at least condoned by church leaders. However, the 20th Century persecution of Jews was conducted by the Nazis, whose leadership was neo-pagan and occultist, and opposed to traditional Christianity. Numerous Christian clergy and active lay people were persecuted or executed under Hitler's regime, for example, Corrie ten Boom and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, not to mention thousands of Polish Catholic priests and nuns.


205 posted on 01/07/2005 6:04:30 AM PST by Wallace T.
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To: hopespringseternal
Islam is not a spiritual religion, it is very physical...and It would break the back of Islam. You would have a few diehard crazies staying on the path of jihad but most Muslims the world over would simply abandon the religion. It is far too dependent on the symbols and appearance of power to survive humiliation....

An astute observation, which is borne out by the fact that one of the most frequently claimed grievance made by Muslims against whoever for whatever is that they have been "humiliated", and by their long historical record of rabid intolerance of the buildings, symbols, etc. of other religions in territory they control. No other major religion comes close to Islam in its efforts to actually destroy the symbols of other faiths, whether by destroying priceless Buddhist art or by leveling churches and synagogues and building mosques on top of them (to demonstrate their superiority).

206 posted on 01/07/2005 6:17:15 AM PST by tarheelswamprat (Negotiations are the heroin of Westerners addicted to self-delusion.)
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To: Beckwith
No Mecca, no islam.

Are you sure? Do you think if someone manage to nuke Washington the US would cease to exist?

I think rather the opposite.

I am sure that if Mecca got attacked, even the moderate muslims (as the 90 percent of them are) would turn against the attacker.

Think of Pakistan with their nukes... You really want to count them as enemies? Musharraf already facing an assasination attempt per month for being friendly to the US...

Or think of the saudis... they are already on the brink of a civil war for their oppressing regime...

Then after nuking Mecca... where the oil would come from?

207 posted on 01/07/2005 6:24:52 AM PST by bozot
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To: tarheelswamprat

Here's what drives the Paleostinians Muslims nuts. Many of the West Bank settlements are built on hills. The Arabs are in the valleys where there is more precipitation, dew and moisture for crops and forage. The Jews on the hills sink deep wells to survive.

The fact that Jews look down on them makes them go crazy. Jews are always supposed to be below Muslims in all ways. In Jerusalem the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa mosque look down on the Jews praying at the Western (Wailing) Wall. This suits the Muzzies just fine, so fine they rain rocks down on the praying Jews every few years.


208 posted on 01/07/2005 6:30:58 AM PST by dennisw (G_D: Against Amelek for all generations.)
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To: hope

Just the title of this thread makes me smile... :)


210 posted on 01/07/2005 6:37:22 AM PST by DTogo (U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
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To: broadsword

Excellent response.


211 posted on 01/07/2005 6:37:24 AM PST by oh8eleven
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To: DoughtyOne
"I'm not trying to be confrontational, but give me a rational explanation for how you think this would have a lasting positive outcome".

Say that Osama sent some of his henchmen to set off a suitcase or a dirty bomb and a million or so die...What do you think the American's would call for to retaliate?

Frankly, I don't think it would take a small measure of that many lives for America to want to resort to such actions.

212 posted on 01/07/2005 6:37:40 AM PST by hope (GOP: It gets the Blue out.)
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To: MEGoody

Was attempting humor there. That's what the following Hmmmmm was for.


213 posted on 01/07/2005 6:39:28 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (60 votes and the world changes.)
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To: Paul_Denton
I say nuke it now as payback for 20+ years of terrorism against Americans.

Make that 50. And not just Americans.

http://lindasog.com/public/terrorvictims.htm

214 posted on 01/07/2005 6:54:14 AM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: hope
A commendable but not terribly likely idea.

If you vaporize Mecca, wouldn't that pretty much say that Islam is ~misguided!?~

215 posted on 01/07/2005 6:54:21 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: hope

I support the utter destruction of Mecca as the retaliation for an Islamic terrorist WMD attack against the United States.


216 posted on 01/07/2005 7:00:03 AM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: hope

I think that nuking Mecca SHOULD be an option, but I doubt that it is considered as such by this or any administration. The Muslims can blow up Buddahs and churches, but we try to avoid damaging their mosques.


217 posted on 01/07/2005 7:04:39 AM PST by knuthom
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To: broadsword
HEY!
You forgot to put "fragging your fellow soldier's".

~~~Man...your slipping.
218 posted on 01/07/2005 7:05:59 AM PST by BayouCoyote (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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To: Moderate right-winger

You're only 1400 years too late. While you're catching up, can you identify one of these alleged "moderate Muslims" for us?


219 posted on 01/07/2005 7:06:03 AM PST by thoughtomator (Flush twice, it's a long way to France)
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To: Moderate right-winger

You mean there are muslims left in the world to alienate?


220 posted on 01/07/2005 7:06:59 AM PST by ariamne (reformed liberal-Shieldmaiden of the Infidel)
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