[marron]

While this sanctimonious gabfest was going on, 40-year-old Abdul Rahman was sitting in an Afghanistan jail cell facing possible execution for the capital offence of converting to Christianity.

For those paying attention, this is everything you need to know about Islam.

[txhurl]

Do you know that most US children read in their history texts that Mesopotamia was the BIRTHPLACE of CIVILIZATION? Guess they don't follow with 'for about 600 years'.

[enave]

I'd just like ask a question, and I know that this will be controversial but I really am curious what your views on this will be: Given the current state in Afghanistan, now that we can all see what these people are like, would you be willing to rethink what Reagan did in helping them fight the Soviets? Because here's the thing, I have always thought that was a mistake. I think that Reagan was wrong. I think that the world would be better off if we had left them to the soviets. This - in addition to the fact that arming them covertly the way Reagan did was potentially illegal.