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Re: Is there a connection between Iraq and Al-Qued
Posted By: Alison
Date: Thursday, 29 April 2004, at 11:22 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Is there a connection between Iraq and Al-Qued (Quite Frankly.....)
If we are truly going to claim to be decent people, our tears must flow not only for those of our own country. People are people, and grief that is limited to those within a specific political boundary denies the humanity of others.
I used to think that if we are to be decent people, we all must demand of our government—the government that a great man of peace, Martin Luther King Jr.once described as “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world”—that the insanity stop here...
With great sadness and empathy for ALL living creatures, I have to say that I no longer believe that is possible, given the insanity of our enemies, who are, by definition, sociopaths, and insane themselves, since they have no sense of what is right or wrong. They are lacking a “conscience”, and that,is what scares me the most!
We cannot go to them, like hippies in the sixties, and offer a "flower of peace", much less assume that these evil despots are capable of exhibiting "rational" behavior.
These people have been raised as terrorists since childhood. This is not an issue for them, but a lifestyle!
You cannot believe that a man who signs on as a suicide bomber, would be willing to give it all up in the name of democracy, when he truly believes that, after his evil deed has been perpetrated, his family will be rewarded financially, that he will be held in the highest esteem as a sacrifice for Allah...AND he will be greeted by 72 Vestal Virgins at Heaven's Gate! How can a democracy compete with that?!
How can we expect to rationalize, in a peaceful fashion, with someone who has been brainwashed?
In a free society like ours, we will always be vulnerable. The best chance you have is to either make peace with your enemies, or destroy them where they live. (BTW, the terroristic threats continued even after Spain announced it's intention to withdraw.)
I don't think we have much chance of making peace with religious zealots that hold our very freedoms as personal blasphemy, so that leaves us with one option; total destruction.
How do you go about doing that? Attack them militarily, economically, and socially by converting the very environment they are able to thrive in, into a hostile environment for extremists. (i.e. change totalitarian regimes into democracies)
It seems to me, as a nation, we are on the right course. I do think that it will work, but it will take a generation for things to really change. People have to be born in the new environment before we will see the mindset of religious extremists eradicated. It's going to take a long time.
We just started a war aginst our enemies, but they have been attacking us for years!
Our only hope is to wipe out terrorism as quickly as possible, in the home of it's inception, and to bring our boys home safely!
Messages In This Thread
- Is there a connection between Iraq and Al-Queda?
Alison -- Wednesday, 28 April 2004, at 2:32 a.m.
- Re: Is there a connection between Iraq and Al-Qued
TRFKANF -- Wednesday, 28 April 2004, at 11:54 a.m.
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Quite Frankly..... -- Wednesday, 28 April 2004, at 1:39 p.m.
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Alison -- Thursday, 29 April 2004, at 11:22 p.m.
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DOVE -- Wednesday, 30 June 2004, at 2:12 p.m.
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Mike -- Thursday, 29 April 2004, at 1:41 p.m.
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concerned resident -- Thursday, 29 April 2004, at 2:37 p.m.
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Mike -- Friday, 30 April 2004, at 7:48 p.m.
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Frank -- Sunday, 20 June 2004, at 12:58 a.m.
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Beatrice M. Robbio -- Sunday, 20 June 2004, at 11:13 a.m.
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Parking Buddy -- Monday, 21 June 2004, at 9:54 a.m.
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jim -- Sunday, 20 June 2004, at 10:41 p.m.
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Mark -- Monday, 21 June 2004, at 3:55 p.m.
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Kathy Dame-Fierro -- Monday, 21 June 2004, at 8:50 p.m.
- Re: Is there a connection between Iraq and Al-Qued
Beatrice M. Robbio -- Tuesday, 22 June 2004, at 9:12 a.m.
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Kathy Dame-Fierro -- Wednesday, 23 June 2004, at 10:13 p.m.
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Beatrice M. Robbio -- Friday, 25 June 2004, at 12:25 a.m.
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Kathy Dame-Fierro -- Friday, 25 June 2004, at 9:53 p.m.
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Beatrice M. Robbio -- Monday, 28 June 2004, at 8:44 p.m.
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sister jean -- Tuesday, 29 June 2004, at 12:16 a.m.
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DOVE -- Wednesday, 30 June 2004, at 2:00 p.m.
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Beatrice M. Robbio -- Wednesday, 30 June 2004, at 4:47 p.m.
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Kathy Dame-Fierro -- Wednesday, 30 June 2004, at 8:30 p.m.
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jersey721 -- Tuesday, 6 July 2004, at 11:21 a.m.
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Just the facts please -- Tuesday, 6 July 2004, at 8:12 p.m.
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Beatrice M. Robbio -- Tuesday, 6 July 2004, at 10:56 p.m.
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Mark -- Wednesday, 30 June 2004, at 5:25 p.m.
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EDGEWATER -- Monday, 21 June 2004, at 9:32 p.m.
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jim -- Monday, 21 June 2004, at 10:07 p.m.
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AGREE 100% -- Tuesday, 22 June 2004, at 9:59 a.m.
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Landru -- Friday, 23 July 2004, at 8:25 a.m.
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