To: AliVeritas
I don't think massive retaliation against Mecca would serve our interests. In fact, I can't imagine anything that Osama would prefer more. Do you really think Bin Laden cares about Islam? I think he has his own interests and merely takes the bits and pieces of Islam that are necessary to convince the masses to follow his leadership. He's encouraging his people to refer to him as the Mehdi, for heaven's sake.
What better way for him to convince the entire Islamic world that America is evil than for us to retaliate against Mecca? If we do that, we make his job easy.
If you ask me, it's about as absurd as having air strikes on the Vatican to retaliate against the Klan for burning a cross somewhere.
To: dutyhonorcountry
If you ask me, it's about as absurd as having air strikes on the Vatican to retaliate against the Klan for burning a cross somewhere. Good Point.
Now if you could convince Islamic leaders to give back Temple Mount and St. Sofia to it's original creators, end wahhabism, remove the hate out of the Koran and accepted the state of Israel we may have a win-win situation then.
If not...BOOM!
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