Originally posted by cashthetrashIf you look into any conflict that the United States has ever gotten into, there is something there that is valuable to the US in either material goods or military advantage (or equality). We have never truly acted out of good will.
I think Americans pretty much have their hands full at the moment. Tell me something. If it bothers the rest of the World, as it does bother many here in the U.S., Why don't they spend some of their money and go take care of the machete gorilla's? Isn't China supposed to have a bad azz Military. Tell them to do something to stop it. You want to blame Americans? Blame yourself.
Originally posted by WheelyThat's what the Islamofascists want Europe to be; an Islamic Federation under one banner is stroger than 15+ independent nations...
We can't ALL be 20 somethings!!
I think most of us know what nationality we are but are gradually starting to come around to the idea that nationhood itself, is probably not too sensible an ideal to cling on to.
Originally posted by WheelySHAHADAH: This Pillar is believing and saying the words. “There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah”.
I don't think you can recite the five pillars of Islam.
I can't remember them all but one is making the trip to Mecca at least once in your life.
Another is the yearly charitable donation that you must make every year based on a percentage of you income.
You can't recite the above but you can do the one below
Another is the prayer you have to ...[text shortened]... ake five times a day.
As I say, can't remember the rest but Islam isn't really my thing.
SALAH: This Pillar is praying five times a day. There are set prayers which Muslims should say, and all Muslims should face Mecca in Arabia when praying, and should pray on a prayer mat. People should wash before they pray. There are fixed movements, which include kneeling with the forehead placed on the ground in front. This expresses the servant status of the human being in relation to Allah.
ZAKAH: Each year, Muslims are supposed to give a fixed proportion of their savings for endeavours such as helping the poor. In this way, they believe that their wealth is “made pure”
SAWM: Refraining from food and drink during the month of Ramadan during daylight hours.
HAJJ. This is making a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your life, if it can be afforded.
There is nothing about beheading infidels or flying planes into towers in order to kill innocent civilians. However, it is all Muslims duty to spread jihad, whether by convincing one to become a Muslim or killing them if they resist...especially the "People of the Book", Jews and Christians. Circumcision of women, honor killing, even if it is your own daughter, forced rape of women through "fetched" marriages are all condoned by the "religion of peace"
Originally posted by RagnorakSaddam refused to comply to UN referendums, and his surface to air misssiles routinely chased allied planes patrolling the no-fly-zone. He is directly responsible for the sanctions which killed innocent civilains by denying them food or medicine....either play by the rules or be a chump; he chose to be a chump!
Would you mind sourcing your "facts"?
Also, its ironic that you lay the blame on the 400,000 children on Saddam, when it was in fact the u.s. who committed war crimes by bombing Iraq's water and sanitation facilities. The sanctions imposed at the behest of the u.s. obviously didn't help.
Are you saying you disagree with capital punishment?
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Originally posted by wormwoodGo visit the suburban ghettos, and yes, there is a very good chance of someone helping one out who is incapacitated...even in New york City.
well, I'm 31, and have a muslim brother-in-law. I'm an atheist myself. I've never encountered anything like what you've said about scandinavia (where I live). the europe you're talking about just doesn't exist.
sure there was a honor-killing in sweden a couple of years ago. on the other hand, there was also a finnish guy hacking people's heads with an ax ...[text shortened]... dore and given things to sleep with. any chance of this happening in any big u.s. city?
Originally posted by 7ate9Because of the koran schools your immigrants are sending their children to in their home land because they refuse to assimilate, where they are taught to hate democracy and Europeans. You will have a Civil War between you and the millions of Osamas in time. We will watch from across the pond this time...
yes, but were those deaths supported by a whole nation? no, it was a group of extremists at the other end. why did they become extreme?
Originally posted by WheelyDon't forget about the thousands of gassed Kurds...and for free, too
Edit: Apologies for quoting the wrong post!
Before the first Gulf war Iraq was a very progressive country with a good and efficient infrastructure and free education for all.
Regardless of how his regime behaved in other ways, don't try and pretend that it was some backward, country full of down trodden peasants just so you can feel less guilty about i ...[text shortened]... qi infrastructure was so bad was because it had had the Sh*t blown out of it ten years earlier.
Originally posted by demonseedWhy didn't Europe step in and stop the genocide between the Tutsis and Hutus? As a matter of fact, why didn't that toothless tiger called the U.N. stop the genocide. We went to Somalia to aid starving people in case you didn't know that, but Osama provided the Somali warlords with weapons because the thought of infidels on "sacred" Muslim land, even in a humanitarian mission, was unacceptable...keep your facts straight or shut up...When will Europe, as a concerted effort, go to Africa and help the starving?...never!
If America is constantly concerned about repressive regimes and the suffering of those in other parts of the world then can you tell me why they chose to overlook the genocide of Rwanda and central Africa? There were no sophisticated chemical weapons (at least I don't think the Americans sold them any) just good old fashioned machetes but they still manage ...[text shortened]... he price of freedom is eternal vigilance; wasn't it a great American who said those words?
Originally posted by dylWhat else rolls off your tongue besides "purple-helmeted soldiers"?
But is rancour (note the 'u'😉 the word I was searching for? To work in that context it would have to be phrased "to cause rancour". It's been bothering me for the last 10 minutes. Ranker feels right, but I'm having difficulty proving it to myself.
What about this, from dictionary.com:
[i]rank2 Audio pronunciation of "ranker" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rn ...[text shortened]... rhyming, it rolls off my tongue the same way. I suspect the Kiwi accent is the culprit.