[GCFL-discuss] Links to the past

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Sadly all too often I hear many say the exact opposite about Bush and all
he did was call it a holy war. What I don't understand is why Islam (Or
who ever the religious group is) has declared on ALL Americans. I don't
understand that at all.

I would hope Siarlys that politics isn't the only thing we can find
common ground on. I choose to be very different when it comes to
politics. I try to ride a very thin line. And refuse to vote with one
political party. I hope we can find something more than politics to find
common ground on.

God bless you,
Lance
John 8:32 "You will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free."

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 19:42:26 -0500 gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net writes:
> Lance, I like finding things we can agree on. The easiest way to do 
> that
> seems to be when I can think of something our current president did
> right. We will find other things, but this is the easiest. I thought 
> of
> one more.
> 
> In the fall of 2001, he was under pressure from some of his core
> constituencies to declare that the military response to the attack 
> on the
> WTC and Pentagon were a war of Christianity against Islam. There 
> were
> many good reasons not to do that -- some pragmatic, others ethical. 
> But
> he didn't fall for it. He knew we needed allies in the region, who 
> were
> themselves Muslim, and I give him credit that he even knew it was 
> no
> glory to Jesus for us to kill adherents of another religion, 
> wholesale,
> or revive the discredited practice of conversion at the point of a
> bayonet. If he had yielded to the excited outcry, we might even 
> have
> missed the initial swift tactical success in Afghanistan. Score 
> two.
> 
> Siarlys