[Rhodes22-list] Terrorism vs. Radical Islam

[brad haslett]

Steve,

This will be quick, I've got to burn some midnight
oil. Literally.

What religion is ahead on the body count throughout
history is immaterial.  Clinton sent the military to
the Balkans to protect Muslims from Christians. Janet
Reno launched her troops against Christians in Waco.
If you act outside the law you get smacked.  Right now
ALL the terrorists have been radical Muslims.

My point about the Royal Saudis being party animals
was to show how they profess piety to the minions but
love sex, drugs, and rock and roll themselves.  Which
by the way, did you see Alice Cooper's comments last
week?  Cooper said "musicians party all night, do
drugs, chase women, why does anyone care what they
have to say about politics".

We'll talk about the French later, I gotta go fly.

Brad Haslett
"CorsShen" 


--- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:

> Hi Brad, comments below:
> 
> On 9/27/04 5:37 PM, "brad haslett"
> <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> but when your religion
> > tells you to kill all who don't believe as you,
> > there's a problem.
> 
> Throughout Western history, no group has done this
> more than the Christians.
> 
>  
> (I used to train with the Saudi Air
> > pilots, Americans, and have heard all their
> stories
> > about the flights to LAX to re-whore the harem.
> 
> I know more than a few American rock and rollers who
> do the same thing.
> 
> 
> The Shah of Iran, despite his
> > faults, oversaw rapidly improving conditions for
> his
> > population. 
> 
> Brad, "..despite his faults..." is just not enough
> syllables.  It glosses
> over the atrocities committed, even sanctioned by
> the US.
> 
> 
> Taking a
> > chance on dying and perhaps the 40 to 60 virgins
> > (whatever) not being there won't seem nearly as
> > attractive when you can enjoy some of the comforts
> the
> > 21st century, running water for example.
> 
> So it's come down to running water now vs. virgins
> in the hereafter?  Aren't
> there any other choices?
> 
> 
> You'll notice France
> > isn't taking any chances with them.  Have you
> followed
> > the news on how they are treating their own
> > substantial Muslim population?
> 
> By far, the most substantial religion in France is
> Catholicism, and they're
> playing that down as well.  The French have always
> been very secular.
> 
> Slim
> 
> > 
> >> Guys, I hear what you are saying about the
> attitudes
> >> of Muslims on the street towards the United
> States.
> >> But, I have a hard time declaring this a war
> against
> >> Islam.
> >> 
> >> We're talking about the Fertile Crescent here,
> the
> >> cradle of civilization.  The folks in this area
> of
> >> the world were building great engineering marvels
> >> like the Ziggurat Pyramids, aqueducts, the
> Hanging
> >> Gardens of Babylon, & living in big cities when
> my
> >> ancestors in northern Europe were barely out of
> the
> >> stone age living in thatched huts.  These folks
> have
> >> a culture that goes back several millennia & gave
> us
> >> some of the 1st known written languages, the
> legal
> >> code of Hamurabi, as well as great literature
> such
> >> as the epic of Gilgamish.  To think that these
> >> people with their long tradition of engineering
> >> excellence, creativity, & scholarship would not
> be
> >> able to produce their own chemical & biological
> >> weapons given the amount of time & resources
> >> available is ridiculous at the very least & tends
> to
> >> smell like some sort of racial bias.  Anyone who
> >> discounts their capability does so at their own
> >> peril.
> >> 
> >> I think a lot of our problems with the Muslim
> world
> >> stem from our relationship with Israel & with a
> >> general frustration with the continuing bloodshed
> &
> >> chaos in the region.  Whether it's fixable is not
> >> clear at this point.
> >> 
> >> Roger Pihlaja
> >> S/V Dynamic Equilbrium
> >>
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