As a group, they are the most intolerant. Sure, the majority of the Muslim faith are peaceful people, but you gotta admit, the following facts are just too much to ignore
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I did not ignore it, but I was objecting to the rest of what he said in his post.
As for the 9/11 thing... I remind you of this: 17 of the 19 hijackers were from *Saudi Arabia*, not Iraq. And up until the invasion, I don't think most Iraqis would have reason to hate the US.
The ones I do write off as nutbars are the ones who chant slogans of hatred. This is regardless of religion or ethnicity. I thusly write off Osama Bin Ladin and Pat Robertson in the same breath.
I did not say I thought he was a bigot either. I merely disagreed with his statement. Not the same thing.
Caitlin writes: As for the 9/11 thing... I remind you of this: 17 of the 19 hijackers were from *Saudi Arabia*, not Iraq. And up until the invasion, I don't think most Iraqis would have reason to hate the US.
In that case, would you support an invasion of Saudi Arabia?
OK, so regardless of what kind of relationship Bush has with the Saudis, or how it compares with the kind of relationship every other president has had with them, the issue of the hijackers' country of origin is a red herring. You would not support the invasion of Iraq even if all 19 had been born in Baghdad.
What I mean is that there have been terrorist attacks before. Pan Am flight 103 comes to mind most of all.
Did the US invade Libya because of it? Even though we had PROOF that they were involved? No.
Were those responsible eventually brought to justice? Yes. And Qaddafi has seemingly turned over a new leaf.
Besides, even if they HAD been born in Baghdad, that is also a red herring, because if they had been taking orders from Osama bin Ladin - who hated Saddam Hussein because he was overly secular - then there would have been no point to over throw the government in Iraq, now would there.
9/11 was a red herring itself in the push to the invasion of Iraq. I heard a news story off the BBC where there is apparently a new document dated from early March 2003 where GWB was pushing for war and lied to Blair about it too.
And now I give the same response I gave Darrel a bit ago. I'm goign to back away from this because it is taking mroe energy than I have at the moment.
And up until the invasion, I don't think most Iraqis would have reason to hate the US.
Ummm.. what makes you think that most Iraqis hate the U.S.?
It's my strong opinion that most Iraqi's hated Saddam much more than they hate being a free people now... In fact, I think they are rather fond of the idea that we brought them freedom and wrested their country from a terrorist dictator and gave it back to them.
There are, however, many insurgent forces made up mostly of Non-Iraqis who are there making trouble in the name of radical IslamThat's who we are fighting... and the Iraqi people are figthing alongside us, not against us. More and more of the work is being done by native forces, with the U.S. operating in advisory and support roles. As the Iraqi army and the local police forces continue to be more able to handle terrorist activity in their country, we will ever play a decreasing role there
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Why would the Iraqis have welcomed the insurgency into their cities then?
Terrorist dictator? Where do you get THAT reference? Saddam was not involved in 9/11.
And if you are calling me an ultra-liberal, I am going to take severe offence to that.
If that is directed at John Murtha - who supported GWB at first - then you are no better than Jeanne Schmidt who called him a coward. Would you consider Viet Nam vets to be 'ultra-liberal'? I have heard from at least one DIRECTLY that we do not belong in Iraq. And Murtha has also said that.
"Since last August"... that is not saying much, Darrel. I want it back to the way it was before March 2003, when we had over 150,000 troops there.
I repeat: Forget TIME TABLES. Give me an EXIT STRATEGY. They are NOT the same thing.
And I am walking away from this for a while before I start becoming irrational. It's been a long week and I'm tired.
Actually, my partner served in Iraq, and he said every single Iraqi he met (and he taught members of the Iraqi military and met many, many Iraqi civilians) were happy to have the Americans there. So I think it's fair to say that, based onhis first-hand experience, the common people are glad Saddam is gone.
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As for the 9/11 thing... I remind you of this: 17 of the 19 hijackers were from *Saudi Arabia*, not Iraq. And up until the invasion, I don't think most Iraqis would have reason to hate the US.
The ones I do write off as nutbars are the ones who chant slogans of hatred. This is regardless of religion or ethnicity. I thusly write off Osama Bin Ladin and Pat Robertson in the same breath.
I did not say I thought he was a bigot either. I merely disagreed with his statement. Not the same thing.
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As for the 9/11 thing... I remind you of this: 17 of the 19 hijackers were from *Saudi Arabia*, not Iraq. And up until the invasion, I don't think most Iraqis would have reason to hate the US.
In that case, would you support an invasion of Saudi Arabia?
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The prince came to visit...he held the guy's hand, and was VERY friendly with him.
Invasion is last resort.
And besides, to invade someone over political disagreements shows intolerance as well.
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Did the US invade Libya because of it? Even though we had PROOF that they were involved? No.
Were those responsible eventually brought to justice? Yes. And Qaddafi has seemingly turned over a new leaf.
Besides, even if they HAD been born in Baghdad, that is also a red herring, because if they had been taking orders from Osama bin Ladin - who hated Saddam Hussein because he was overly secular - then there would have been no point to over throw the government in Iraq, now would there.
9/11 was a red herring itself in the push to the invasion of Iraq. I heard a news story off the BBC where there is apparently a new document dated from early March 2003 where GWB was pushing for war and lied to Blair about it too.
And now I give the same response I gave Darrel a bit ago. I'm goign to back away from this because it is taking mroe energy than I have at the moment.
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Nope, but we DID bomb the shit outta them.
And note how nicey-nicey Libya's been since Iraq got invaded. Scarcely a peep outta them. :)
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Ummm.. what makes you think that most Iraqis hate the U.S.?
It's my strong opinion that most Iraqi's hated Saddam much more than they hate being a free people now... In fact, I think they are rather fond of the idea that we brought them freedom and wrested their country from a terrorist dictator and gave it back to them.
There are, however, many insurgent forces made up mostly of Non-Iraqis who are there making trouble in the name of radical IslamThat's who we are fighting... and the Iraqi people are figthing alongside us, not against us. More and more of the work is being done by native forces, with the U.S. operating in advisory and support roles. As the Iraqi army and the local police forces continue to be more able to handle terrorist activity in their country, we will ever play a decreasing role there ( ... )
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Terrorist dictator? Where do you get THAT reference? Saddam was not involved in 9/11.
And if you are calling me an ultra-liberal, I am going to take severe offence to that.
If that is directed at John Murtha - who supported GWB at first - then you are no better than Jeanne Schmidt who called him a coward. Would you consider Viet Nam vets to be 'ultra-liberal'? I have heard from at least one DIRECTLY that we do not belong in Iraq. And Murtha has also said that.
"Since last August"... that is not saying much, Darrel. I want it back to the way it was before March 2003, when we had over 150,000 troops there.
I repeat: Forget TIME TABLES. Give me an EXIT STRATEGY. They are NOT the same thing.
And I am walking away from this for a while before I start becoming irrational. It's been a long week and I'm tired.
C.
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I find it mindboggling that so many people fail to read the actual *words* I type, and instead assume a whole boatload of other things in what I post.
Thank you, XJ, for being a strong voice of reason on my f-list. ;)
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