[GCFL-discuss] Links to the past

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Islam can only tolerate Islam. Even with that that they fight amongst
themselves. Just like we do...

Dave


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To: "Shirley Heit" <sdmheit at verizon.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: [GCFL-discuss] Links to the past


> 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
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