[gcruse]

The crusades just won't go away.

[seeker41]

PEOPLE ARE OFFENDED BY THE DISPLAYING OF THE FLAG, THE MENTION OF THE WORD "CRUSADE"! DAMIT I'M OFFENDED BY ALL THIS APPEASEMENT OF GROUPS OVER NOTHING BUT "PC CRAPOLA". IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT HERE GET THE HELL OUT OF MY COUNTRY! IT IS NOT A SIN TO BE AN AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!6,633 + PEOPLE WERE MURDERED, I"M ENRAGED!!!!!!!!!!

[spectre]

Hmmmmm....I thought Al Hunt was the only "It must be America's fault" writer at the WSJ.

[MHGinTN]

The extremists of Islamism are a real threat to civilization, even Moslem civilization. The leadership of the Moslem communities can be most effective in bringing these terrorist cells to a halt, if they will. We will wage war on these extremists and many innocents will be caught in the fire fights. The extremists must not be allowed to dictate to the world in the specious name of Allah. If the leadership of the Moslem world doesn't stand against such heresy in their own religion, then they condone it by conscious inaction. The blood of the innocent be on their heads also in such case. We are in a crusade to save our existence in the world of nations. In too short a time, these demonic assassins will have the means to destroy this nation. we cannot wait any longer to go after these bastards. If we do not wage all out war of a principled nature, even the peaceful Moslems will be slaughtered by the extremists.

[jwalsh07]

So the caped crusader was after Muslims and not the Joker, the Penguin and Catwoman? Or were they Muslims as well?

[Califreeper]

Geez, TOUCHY little group, aren't they????

[Don Joe]

So in other words, if we commit the faux pas of saying a word that some timewarped hot-heads decide to take the wrong way, it's the end of the f'n world, and we've got to grovel and beg for their forgiveness.

But, if some timewarped hot-heads decide to murder thousands of our innocent civilians because we let our women step outside their houses without first climbing into a burlap sack, then we've just got to suck it up and mind our f'n business.

OK, I think I get it.

Next, I think they're gonna get it. Can you say "screaming death from the midnight sky accompanied by the deafening roar of American warplanes"? I knew you could...

[Polybius]

Dwight D. Eisenhower's WW II autobiography was titled "Crusade in Europe".

As I recall, Ike was not waging a Holy War against Muslims.

[pttttt]

"When you emasculate a people for 200 years and consistently deny them a say in their own history -- most recently in Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq -- they will target your own sacred symbols," says Hamid Dabashi, a professor of Iranian studies at Columbia University in New York.

In hitting back, Mr. Dabashi warns, the U.S. had better be sure it doesn't give its extremist enemies more fodder with which to spread hatred. "What's needed is a public, civic debate on U.S. policies in the region," he contends, adding: "It's the height of arrogance and hubris to assume that if the oil flows and the market is open, everything in the region is OK. It isn't."   =========================

Right. We've hijacked their planes and flown them into Mecca etc. Not. What horse ****. Go back to Iran if you hate it here so much.

War on terrorism is against Muslims? Only if they insist.

[Twodees]

These two authors have a hangnail in their thinking processes. Bin Laden's terrorist coalition declares itself as being "anti-crusader". The fanatics are still ticked about the Crusades of the Christian nations of Europe, which ultimately failed.

In other words, the terrorist coalition can use the words 'anti-crusader' and 'jihad' but the US can't mention 'crusade'.

Odd

[pttttt]

"When you emasculate a people for 200 years and consistently deny them a say in their own history -- most recently in Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq -- they will target your own sacred symbols," says Hamid Dabashi, a professor of Iranian studies at Columbia University in New York.

In hitting back, Mr. Dabashi warns, the U.S. had better be sure it doesn't give its extremist enemies more fodder with which to spread hatred. "What's needed is a public, civic debate on U.S. policies in the region," he contends, adding: "It's the height of arrogance and hubris to assume that if the oil flows and the market is open, everything in the region is OK. It isn't."   =========================

And gosh, they sure seem to hate all that money they get from the oil. Get a job and go back home to Iran, Richard.

What did GWB say last night about the US being Afghanistan's largest foreign aid donor? We "emasculating" them that way? Aren't we the arrogant ones. Where's Saudi Arabia in all that? Maybe it's time to begin technological and strategic planning so petroleum demand goes the way of whale oil and we can unload that bunch of drones.

[Woodkirk]

Tell the world that if enough nations join us, we will call it a PARADE. Everybody loves a PARADE. And then if the terrorist-sponsoring nations like Cuba, Syria, Sudan, etc join us we will call it a CHARADE, perform for the crowd, act out our roles, and play the game.

[Woodkirk]

Tell the world that if enough nations join us, we will call it a PARADE. Everybody loves a PARADE. And then if the terrorist-sponsoring nations like Cuba, Syria, Sudan, etc join us we will call it a CHARADE, perform for the crowd, act out our roles, and play the game.