Why are you astonished?

Submitted by Frank Mascaro (United States), Feb 14, 2007 at 17:20

I am sorry, Hammad, to hear about your astonished and sickened state of being. I'm sorry that you feel that Americans are unjustly accusing some Muslims of hate crimes. How could these Americans have possibly made such a grievous mistake? Let's take a close look, shall we?

Tehran, Iran - The Ayatolla Khomeini seized power back in 1979. "Death to America" is heard from him and then echoed throughout the entire Muslim world. 52 Americans are kidnapped and held hostage for eightteen months. A rescue team from President Carter goes bad. The bodies of our fallen warriors are dragged through the streets like dogs.

Beirut, Lebonon - Four separate attacks in this Muslim city brought the number of total deaths to two hundred and seventy five.

Kuwait - Five are killed during an attack on the U.S.embassy.

Countless numbers of airplanes were hi-jacked by the Palestinian Liberation Organization. On one of these planes an American sailor was killed and his body was unceremoniously dumped on the tarmac.

An old man in a wheel chair was pushed over the side of a seized ocean liner.

Four separate attacks in Saudi Arabia yield a total number of seventy nine dead.

Aden, Yemen - A small boat loaded with explosives inflicts heavy damage to a U.S. destroyer, the U.S.S. Cole. Seventeen sailors were killed.

Karachi, Pakistan - Twevle were killed during an attack on the American consulate.

Amman, Jordan - Suicide bombers killed fifty seven during simultanious attacks on three hotels.

Damascuc, Syria - The plans of four gunmen to attack the American embassy were foiled.

Iraq - Hussein invades Kuwait, and America answers the call. While the U.S.Marines are beating back the Elite Republican Guard, Hussein sends SCUD missiles into Israel.

New York, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania - Ahfganistan-based Al-qaida killed three thousand during a three part simultanious attack on American soil.

O.K., let's review... Iran, Lebanon, Kuwait, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan. Is there anyone missing from this list? Why, Hammad, are you astonished? How long are we supposed to stand idly by while Islam murders our people all over the world?

Quite frankly, I'm astonished that you're astonished. You should have seen this coming a long time ago.

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