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Old 06-03-2007, 08:26 PM   #16
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Ok, let 69 more in then close the door. That would be fair.
Or let 666 in so we can accuse them all of being the devil. After all, they are not Christian. So they must be evil. Serves them right for being muslims. That is unofficial American government response.
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Old 06-03-2007, 08:29 PM   #17
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Or let 666 in so we can accuse them all of being the devil. After all, they are not Christian. So they must be evil.
No, no, no. You know your mantra, "Death to America, the Great Satan!". The peace loving radical Muslims are but innocent by-standers of our failed policy.
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Old 06-03-2007, 10:04 PM   #18
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There are plenty of peace loving muslims in the world.
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Old 06-03-2007, 10:07 PM   #19
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There are plenty of peace loving muslims in the world.
Note term "radical". There are about 1.4 billion Muslims in the world. The majority are not the problem. It is the radical minority and the silent middle that bare the burden.
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Old 06-03-2007, 10:13 PM   #20
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radicals of any religion are a problem.

The problem is the inference which is drawn upon hearing the phrase 'radical muslims'.
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Old 06-03-2007, 10:14 PM   #21
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The problem is the inference which is drawn upon hearing the phrase 'radical muslims'.
Not my problem. That is a problem for Muslims in general, not non-Muslims.
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Old 06-03-2007, 10:17 PM   #22
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So now you're saying radical muslims are a problem only for mainstream muslims to deal with?
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Old 06-04-2007, 05:41 AM   #23
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So now you're saying radical muslims are a problem only for mainstream muslims to deal with?
Well, no we unfortunately have to deal with them as well. The problem of "the inference which is drawn upon hearing the phrase 'radical muslims'" is one which needs to be delt with by the Muslim community, not by non-Muslims.
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Old 06-04-2007, 06:22 AM   #24
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I'll bet there was more than 4 million people that wished they could escape Saddam.

You can't escape the fact that all these terrorist attacks going on around the world have been perpetrated by Radical Muslims. They are a problem.... for everyone.
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Old 06-05-2007, 01:20 AM   #25
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Yes, they are everyone's problem.
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Old 06-05-2007, 07:29 PM   #26
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No, no, no. You know your mantra, "Death to America, the Great Satan!".
Allah Akabar.
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Old 06-05-2007, 07:37 PM   #27
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I'll bet there was more than 4 million people that wished they could escape Saddam.
They could have left then just as they can leave now. Saddam was not loved. But in major parts of Iraq, he was not despised - in direct contradiction to propaganda in America.

Even the Kurds were doing business deals with Saddam. So much business that Kurds would fight among themselves for that business with Saddam.

Of course, within a month of the Kuwait liberation war, Saddam completely restored electricity. Except for one day, Americans have never been able to exceed the electrical supply provided by Saddam.

This does not go unnoticed by the Iraqi who have no idea why Americans cannot even supply power - but Green zones are brightly lit every night. The air conditioner works every hour of every day in the Green zones. Iraqis know the difference between a dictator and an occupying force that makes life even worse.

Same people who could have left under Saddam's rule are leaving by the millions due to Americans. We even lie about it - call it a coalition. And still cannot even provide electricity.
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Old 06-05-2007, 08:24 PM   #28
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But Saddam didn't have thousands of people trying to stop him from delivering electricity.
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Old 06-05-2007, 08:38 PM   #29
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The countries that started this war have a very poor record of caring for the displaced citizens in Iraq.

I hope the rest of the 'coalition of the willing' are going to follow suit and try and create some normalcy in these people's lives.
Whilst I agree that the governments who caused their displacement should be responsible for sorting it out, I doubt that moving them halfway across the world to places with entirely different cultures and where they are in the minority religion, race and language-wise is going to create any "normalcy".
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Old 06-05-2007, 08:53 PM   #30
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Because if they did he'd cut off their hand.
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