[a history buff]

I say we are at war with Islam. Nobody will say it because of business reasons. We want to continue to make huge profits in business dealings with the muslim countries. I just hope that our survival isn't compromized because of that.

With all due respect this isn't the case. All those involved in this savagery on 9-11 must be put to the sword. But to pretend that Islam is, in and of itself, a savage religion, and that the resentment f the west arises ex nihilo is not intellectually rigorous, and will only cause substantially more problems.

[majordivit]

With all due respect this isn't the case. All those involved in this savagery on 9-11 must be put to the sword. But to pretend that Islam is, in and of itself, a savage religion, and that the resentment f the west arises ex nihilo is not intellectually rigorous, and will only cause substantially more problems.

How many millions of Indians have been killed or maimed or injured by Pakistanis in all these wars? The Hindus are not violent people. They don't even kill animals. They don't even eat meat. They're not violent people. Those muslim maniacs have been creating problems and have been going to war and trying to exterminate the Indians for the longest of time...India and Pakistan..

just one example..should I go on ..?

[Black Jade]

With all due respect this isn't the case. All those involved in this savagery on 9-11 must be put to the sword. But to pretend that Islam is, in and of itself, a savage religion, and that the resentment f the west arises ex nihilo is not intellectually rigorous, and will only cause substantially more problems.

I agree. It is just as inaccurate to say that all Muslims are "terrorists," as it would be to say that all Christians are "terrorists" because of what the IRA or the Phalange of Lebanon have done.

How many millions of Indians have been killed or maimed or injured by Pakistanis in all these wars? The Hindus are not violent people. They don't even kill animals. They don't even eat meat. They're not violent people. Those muslim maniacs have been creating problems and have been going to war and trying to exterminate the Indians for the longest of time...India and Pakistan..

This is not historically accurate. The Kashmir conflict is not one sided, good vs. evil, by any means. It may be true that the upper caste Brahmin Hindus are ideally required to not eat meat, but that does not mean that India has not committed its own share of atrocities in wars with Pakistan and in Kashmir. Remember that Mahatma Ghandi was assassinated by a Hindu extremist.

How do you feel today, in light of the revelation that project bojinka was known to the cia since 1995, when you hear official after official proclaim "nobody could have foreseen this type of a terrorist attack!"

I think that this is outrageous. Obviously the FBI & CIA were NOT really totally surprised by 9-11. They were also warned by the Mossad and other sources, as has been mentioned on other threads. After examining the logistics involved, I have to conclude that this assessment is correct: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/rn20010913.shtml: "Security experts and airline officials agree privately that the simultaneous hijacking of four jetliners was an 'inside job,' probably indicating complicity beyond malfeasance. This makes all the more ominous Tuesday's national catastrophe and its dismal consequences."