Raheel, conspiracy theories are for the uninformed

Submitted by Pat (United States), Sep 18, 2006 at 19:00

GWB claims that his policies have made the US a safer place...true, there hasn't been a terrorist attack on the US since 9/11... but the rest of the world, because of GWB's policies is going to hell in a handcart.

How did George Bush's policies cause the deaths of vacationers at Bali? They were bombed by MUSLIMS. Why?

How about the Golden Dome in Iraq? The US wasn't conducting operations there. Muslims blew it up, all by themselves. Have Muslims no respect for their own history?

India refused to support the US in Iraq. Why have Indians been attacked?

Why did British Muslims kill their fellow citizens by bombing commuter trains?

Don't get in a lather about conspiracy theories. They're a dime a dozen. I've read enough of conspiracy theories to know that most are hogwash. The fact that Muslims love them is no concern of mine. Wallow in them all you please. As to why this American doesn't believe them, it's simple. For such an operation to succeed and remain unexposed for five years would require extraordinary self-control by hundreds, if not thousands, of people and you must know by now that Americans are not that disciplined.

The Bush administration's penchant for secrecy is well known, but such an undertaking as this requires more than politicos. It would require munitions workers who would have had to set the bombs that supposedly brought down the towers, police, firemen who lost most of their leadership when the buildings came down, news media on the scene as well as their families all to keep their mouths shut. Surely you've seen how Americans love gossip. People won't even shut up about CIA prisons where terrorists are being questioned. Someone would talk.

"You live in a country in which in MY lifetime (i am 42 yrs old) only just allowed blacks to walk on the same side of the street; indeed you are still murdering them now. I know what racism and segregation is whenever i visit the US."

What have you been reading? More Islamic propaganda? I love that you equate not being able to walk on the same side of the street with not being allowed to live because you have left Islam. Shooting a nun in the back is fine with you, I guess? If you're forty two, you would have still been in diapers when the Civil Rights act was passed. You would have experienced that racism from a crib. The forced separation you speak of was mainly in the south (less than one fifth of the country) and Americans changed it by law, not by killing people. So you know about racism and segregation? What have you experienced when in the US?

What Muslim country allows Christians to practice freely without requiring them to pay a tax for the privilege? I can't even visit historic areas of the Middle East because I am not a Muslim. Now that's segregation. People in Palestine reacted to a single sentence in the Pope's speech by firebombing Christian churches. How many mosques in the US were blown up after 9/11? Count how many churches and synagogues have been blown up in the Muslim world just since 9/11, compared to how many mosques in the West. You're pathetic.

Are YOU attracted to Osama's "charisma"? If so, why and if not, why not?

Hitler had charisma and the German people suffered for it. Are you willing to suffer and die just because Osama has charisma? Is his charisma more important than your life?

I thought Islam was a religion of PEACE. When did people in line at an employment office or sitting at an outdoor cafe or beginning their work days in an office building become legitimate targets for jihad? Isn't jihad a personal struggle within the Muslim soul?

"Don't you understand the whole world watches you and is saddened and dismayed by your behaviour."

I challenge every country that is saddened by America to allow us to withdraw all personnel and end all programs that we have in those countries and leave without being accused of cutting and running and without being called lazy and selfish by the same hypocrites. People like you, Raheel.

I invite the rest of the world to deal with the Muslim terrorists. My idea is to close America's doors to all Muslims for the forseeable future. We don't want to wage war and we are not interested in destroying Islam. All we want is to be allowed to live in peace. Given that we are not gods with the ability to look into the future and tell when you will go from being peaceful to waging jihad, the only option is quarantine. There's no need for you to put up with Americans. Leave us alone and we'll leave you alone. How about it., Raheel?

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