Posted on 10/23/2001 1:39:52 PM PDT by callisto
"Looks old."
I am so happy that you took the time to respond to me, I've been wanting to talk to someone like you, so typical of the newcomers that I've seen in FR lately. Ignorant and proud to show it.
Alhambra is in Spain, the correct spelling is Mecca, and it is called Al-Medinah, that's just for starters.
"I dont see any furniture, no PC's, No TV's, no Power Puff posters and no frito Lays Pork Rinds!"
It's so funny that you use the worse of Western civilization and compare it to the eternal beauty achieved by the Moorish architects in occupied Spain, as an example of Western culture superiority. The Medieval castles of the time are cold, damp rock piles compared to Moorish architecture.
Western civilization has a lot to thank Islam for, from literature, the greatest breed of horses in the History of mankind, and something as insignificant as the concept of zero. Try computer programming using Roman numerals...hell, try any sort of math with Roman numerals.
I just looked up some pictures of historical buildings in Williamsburg and Philadelphia, asides from some furnishings, I saw none of the other items you mentioned, does that mean that we are a better country now than then? Do we enjoy more Freedoms today than then in America? Are those things the important things in your life? Are those the kinds of things we are sending American young people to die for? Are those the values you want to sacrifice American troops for?
"What are the coordinates for Alhambra, Mekkah, Medinah?"
Why, you have the power to launch?
Laughable.
The enemy isn't Islam, the enemy is ignorance and hatred as personified by terrorists, religious fundamentalists, and fanatics.
You're almost there now.
C'MON WIT DA C'MON!!!!!
Get the guns ready.....heheh.
Well, that's what Osama knows as well.
Go back and read his interviews on the ABC News or PBS Frontline web sites.
This is exactly what he said he would do back in 1998: (1) attack Americans in America; (2) cause America to withdraw from the Middle East; (3) topple infidel governments, e.g., the House Of Saud; (4) convert the Middle East into Taliban version of the E.U.; (5) annhiliate Israel.
With WTC and anthrax terrorism underway, bin Laden is clearly executing Step 1.
But I have a sneaking suspicion that there are other hurdles for him to face, such as someone like Saddam not going entirely along, or the Indians (or the Pakistanis) launching a nuke, or some other unanticipated event.
But make no mistake, Step 1 is to create chaos in America and consequently in Middle East politics.
(Sorry, couldn't resist!)
The world has not benefitted in the slightest.
I think they contributed the idea of "zero" as well as a lot of other useful mathematicial concepts (Arab).
This is to inform you all, that I, gonzo, have decided to adopt 'kingh99' as my very-own child!
If you mess with him, you mess with me!
kingh99 is the only one of you nimrods to look at this situation as a War, and since the Enemy started a War with us, he had a plan that he thought would WIN!!
Our East Coast is indeed in jeopardy - That's why NATO AWACs and sub-killers are patrolling our East Coast! Imagine what a pirated oil-tanker, driven into New York Harbour at full speed would do! The fires would burn for weeks, if not months, and the ecological disaster would be immense.
Iran has three, if not four, operational diesel-subs.
Look, figure out the Enemys' Battle Plan, and what they planned to achieve. The Plan that they thought would win! Remember, they're declaring WAR, and they think they'll win.
I think it was a four-point plan:
Day #1.)-Initiate the Kamikazie attacks, using captured-American-aircraft, to destroy centers of commerce, centers of National Defence, nuclear power plants, and National landmarks, from the East Coast, to the West coast. This will require about 20 aircraft over 4 time zones.
Day #2.)-Initiate the truck-bomb, and car-bomb attacks against bridges, tunnels, electric-power grid-points, and population-concentration centers.
Day #3.)-Release as much bio-chem agents as possible, with whatever means are still available, in population-density areas.
Day #4.)-Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Libyia, Egypt, UAE, and even Kuwait attack Israel, and finally 'solve' the 'Occupied-Lands' problem!
In my next posting, I'll tell y'all why it was a good plan, and why it failed, and remember, kingh99 is my kid now, so be nice! Aren't there any Military Strategists left on this Forum?...Stay well and vigilant, guys, and kingh99, yer gonna hate yer new Aunts, my sisters. I do....FRegards
Really? Why would the evil/terrorists care about the "holiest month?" LOL, war is war!
Shhhh... because that's the special time when they turn on each other like rabid dogs....
Only muslims can kill moslems during Ramadan.
Or was that "moslems kill muslims?"
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