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Frank Pittel wrote: Only the dumb ones believe the whole seven virgins in heaven garbage. Certainly the leadership of the groups doesn't believe that. Lets say naive, I wouldn't even jump to that conclusion mythology is very much more important to middle eastern culture one reason westerners have a great gap in understanding, in islam God is accepted as one who is unseen and unknowable remember. So let's just say faith in what "God" is telling you is not questioned the way Western thought puts things to a personal test. Of course the terrorist leadership takes advantage of this to every possible degree and that's why they are evil. Given the resources proper agents could be found. We could start with our new allies in Afganistan. Right-Pipe smoke and dreams. See how far that alliance goes if we left the country tomorrow. Besides Hpw many years are willing to wait.... the army is training American translators but its a slow process and there are many dialects of Arabic,...and many cultures that this crosses. Islam it self IIRC covers roughly 1/3 of the worlds populous, in essence if the holy war spreads to a much larger segment of Islam I think its fair to say the resources don't exist. : The best method of dealing with terrorism is to understand & eliminate : the causes and not kill anyone. Society as a whole will continue : to suffer as long as terrorist groups give people hope (even if its : false). I wish that I could agree. Unfortunatly we are dealing with people that are using fear and violence as a means of getting what they want. If we don't meet their violence with violence we will become their ervents. They don't mind killing themselves or anyone else. If the US elects a president that they don't like they simply threaten to kill someone and we change the results of the election. I think your reading my statement: as not doing anything proactive against evil people,...far from what I mean. Evil dwells in every country and many times this country as well, its in elected office and claiming to be godly in many places, business as usual for old two toed nick. Look at what's happening in France. They pass a law about not wearing religous garb in school and the terrorists take french hostages and threaten to kill them unless France changes the law. Unless we fight back it will never end. Look to the news media as the fault line, without that attention do you think for one minute these people would pursue 1/2 the "shock and awe" they have,...its all about glory and perception. Take away the violent glory and need for achieving it through violence and you win the battle a very simple concept,...one few governments seem able to understand. Realistically this is a test of wills, and I don't see a change happening in November from the current ill begotten path,...I do plan on voting towards a positive change but I doubt it will happen. Instead I see more or the same and probably worse, I could forecast some nasty big surprises for those who think GWB has made their lives safer but then that would just be conjecture as well.... and I don't wish anyone harm despite the discrepancy between what I would view as right and the way our current leaders run the country. All things stated, when its time to speak my peace to my "God" I am glad I didn't not vote for GWB and wash my hands in anyone but Christ's blood. -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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In article ,
Frank Pittel wrote: Only the dumb ones believe the whole seven virgins in heaven garbage. Certainly the leadership of the groups doesn't believe that. Lets say naive, I wouldn't even jump to that conclusion mythology is very much more important to middle eastern culture one reason westerners have a great gap in understanding, in islam God is accepted as one who is unseen and unknowable remember. So let's just say faith in what "God" is telling you is not questioned the way Western thought puts things to a personal test. Of course the terrorist leadership takes advantage of this to every possible degree and that's why they are evil. Given the resources proper agents could be found. We could start with our new allies in Afganistan. Right-Pipe smoke and dreams. See how far that alliance goes if we left the country tomorrow. Besides Hpw many years are willing to wait.... the army is training American translators but its a slow process and there are many dialects of Arabic,...and many cultures that this crosses. Islam it self IIRC covers roughly 1/3 of the worlds populous, in essence if the holy war spreads to a much larger segment of Islam I think its fair to say the resources don't exist. : The best method of dealing with terrorism is to understand & eliminate : the causes and not kill anyone. Society as a whole will continue : to suffer as long as terrorist groups give people hope (even if its : false). I wish that I could agree. Unfortunatly we are dealing with people that are using fear and violence as a means of getting what they want. If we don't meet their violence with violence we will become their ervents. They don't mind killing themselves or anyone else. If the US elects a president that they don't like they simply threaten to kill someone and we change the results of the election. I think your reading my statement: as not doing anything proactive against evil people,...far from what I mean. Evil dwells in every country and many times this country as well, its in elected office and claiming to be godly in many places, business as usual for old two toed nick. Look at what's happening in France. They pass a law about not wearing religous garb in school and the terrorists take french hostages and threaten to kill them unless France changes the law. Unless we fight back it will never end. Look to the news media as the fault line, without that attention do you think for one minute these people would pursue 1/2 the "shock and awe" they have,...its all about glory and perception. Take away the violent glory and need for achieving it through violence and you win the battle a very simple concept,...one few governments seem able to understand. Realistically this is a test of wills, and I don't see a change happening in November from the current ill begotten path,...I do plan on voting towards a positive change but I doubt it will happen. Instead I see more or the same and probably worse, I could forecast some nasty big surprises for those who think GWB has made their lives safer but then that would just be conjecture as well.... and I don't wish anyone harm despite the discrepancy between what I would view as right and the way our current leaders run the country. All things stated, when its time to speak my peace to my "God" I am glad I didn't not vote for GWB and wash my hands in anyone but Christ's blood. -- LF Website @ http://members.verizon.net/~gregoryblank "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 |
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