Posted on 09/20/2001 9:27:25 AM PDT by van_erwin
No, in this case I can see it being a valid gripe. Valid in just about every theistic/deistic belief system there is, in fact.
To which Rumsfeld replied that we would not name it anything that might be offensive!
THAT, on the other hand, is exactly the kind of weak-willed spineless tripe that got us into this situation in the first place! As a buddy of mine pointed out, there's a saying in Arabic: "You must kiss the hand you cannot cut off." And for decades, the US and other Western cultures have been backing down, whining "Can't we all just get aloooonnnng?" and otherwise making them think they can cut that hand off any time they please.
That would make it a war against their religion! You want every Muslim on the planet gunning for your ass? And mine? And my kids?! I. DON'T. THINK. SO!
Identify target. Acquire target. Service target, whether that be person, group, or government. Identify and acquire next target.... Until there ain't no more. But don't become what you're fighting against!
What's the expected count now? 5900+? That would have been about the entire population of the town I spent half my childhood in.
Love it! LMAO!
No believing Christian would dare to choose such name. Only God is infinitely just, while no man, no government, no nation can be. The fact that people in the position of authority liked this name is not a good sign.
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