[ QUOTE ] The U.S. adopting a "pre-emptive strike" policy was a gigantic mistake, which will lead to lots of problems for quite a while. [/ QUOTE ] Quoted for emphasis. Since before the Iraqi war (when the rumblings first began) I personally didn't believe that invading Iraq was the ideal response to September 11th.…
[ QUOTE ] I wouldn't be too sure of that. A couple of years ago they lobbed a missile directly over Japan, heading southeast, before dropping it in the Pacific. When the distance was measured, it had enough range to strike most of the west coast of the US. [/ QUOTE ] That's not quite right. The weapon fired over Japan was…
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [Surah 4:29] O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in vanities: But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful! [/ QUOTE ] Feel free to continue making broad, uninformed…
[ QUOTE ] Actually it comes more down to a question of what is considered moral and immoral in their respective societies. One society considers suicide to be a sin. One does not. [/ QUOTE ] *sigh* Here we go with the "morals." The Qur'an forbids killing and suicide. [ QUOTE ] [Surah 2:195] And spend of your substance in…
"The extremely rapid rise of dot-orgs is a huge change for the better.." Whew, now I can sleep at night. "If they even have the technology to build their own nuclear weapons, I see no evidence they actually have done that." Well, Mop, maybe that is because you aren't privy to the shit flowing through the pentagon. :P "If…
Yes, "in person," I routinely call people morons when they purposefully misrepresent an entire culture in order to justify their own political ideology. But truth be told, it doesn't happen very often. And I don't believe me preaching the Qur'an to suicide bombers would be any more effective than me preaching the Bible to…
[ QUOTE ] Nose: Modern western Christians don't need to blow themselves up because they have cruise missiles. Less well-equipped soldiers need to be more creative to achieve a similar body count. Our Christians also haven't been on the receiving end of air strikes and massacres since the end of George I's reign, and feel…