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Submitted by K O (New Zealand), Jul 12, 2006 at 22:30

The comment by Bob that Islam means submission is factually incorrect. All Arabic words have a 3-letter root. The words Muslim and Islam have the same root, the letters 'slm' which mean 'Submission to God'. There is a big difference between 'submission' and 'Submission to God' and to ignore the difference is both arrogant and ignorant. Muslims submit to God because they are servants of noone but God. That includes not being a servant to their country. Nationalism comes second to their religious identity and this is not necessarily a good or a bad thing. I really believe that if you actually learn more about them, then you can learn to understand where they are coming from. Mutual understanding is the way forward.

Americans are kidding themselves if they think they can go around the world like Jacksonians and enforce their views and opinions on the world as if they are better than everyone else. What sheer global arrogance. As an agnostic and a citizen of a small Western nation, who doesn't consider herself alligned with the ridiculous PC nature of some Governments, I truly believe we have to get our heads out of the sand and realise people have differing views and accept them as such. That doesn't make other people wrong, just different.

This goes for both sides. By the way, in my small Western country, most people have a unfavourable view of American Foreign Policy, especially the part about Guantanamo Bay and the POW vs Enemy Combatants issue. Nice to see Americans finally going to practice what they preach and give people either a fair trial or free them. You CANNOT keep people in prison for years on end without a trial, without any rights and without a lawyer. It goes against everything you stand for. We should not trample liberty in pursuit of your goals, even if that means protecting your people.

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The Most Ignorant and Obtuse [109 words]DickardJul 18, 2006 13:0850027
another reason why "US policy on Israeli–Palestinian issues has been so unbalanced" [37 words]MichaelJul 17, 2006 11:4449916
The "New York Review of Books" Mangles Campus Watch [25 words]steven LJul 16, 2006 20:1549842
And Mr. Massing's Point is? [96 words]Michael WolinJul 12, 2006 03:3949481
the real conspiracy [100 words]bobJul 10, 2006 14:5949335
I'm with you Bob [549 words]NickJul 11, 2006 23:1749335
A Comment that is Factually Incorrect [316 words]K OJul 12, 2006 22:3049335
There is no conspiracy [222 words]S.HJul 14, 2006 16:5449335
Are you kidding me?! [41 words]Kevin MJul 14, 2006 18:5449335
S.H. /Islam, misunderstood again ! [145 words]joe kaffirJul 15, 2006 13:3049335
No. I'm not. [43 words]S.HJul 15, 2006 22:4849335
To Joe Kaffir [193 words]S.HJul 15, 2006 22:5849335
exempt from criticism [91 words]LeonardJul 16, 2006 20:2949335
Reply [337 words]S.H.Jul 16, 2006 23:5049335
Muslim Students at USC Support Al Qaeda? [44 words]EdenJul 8, 2006 00:3749190
Fear and loathing at the New York Review of books! [77 words]scribeJul 6, 2006 19:3049097
israel being shielded? [72 words]DavidJul 6, 2006 18:5149093
I know of no other network...concerned with the Middle East that has comparable...power [179 words]QuijyboJul 5, 2006 21:5548992
To Mr. Massing and his types [334 words]G.BisvasJul 4, 2006 12:4248861
Shielding Israel from Pressure [75 words]CKJul 3, 2006 01:1048758
Is this guy on some kind of drug?!? [69 words]D WolfJul 1, 2006 16:0048675

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