"Give peace a chance"? NAH...

James A. Donald jamesd at echeque.com
Thu Oct 21 02:30:55 PDT 2004


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James A. Donald wrote:
> > > > > > ... but Bin Laden's indictment not only mentions US 
> > > > > > troops in Saudi Arabia, but also the reconquest of 
> > > > > > Spain, the massacre committed by the crusaders in 
> > > > > > Jerusalem, and the failure of Americans to obey
> > > > > > Shariah law.

J.A. Terranson
> > > > > Whats good for the goose is good for the gander,
> > > > > right? The US can go after BL for not following US 
> > > > > [constitutional] law, so why can't he come after us
> > > > > for not following Shariah (or any other) law?

James A. Donald:
> > > > But these laws are not as like as geese and ganders.
> > > > The US goes after Bin Laden for murdering people.  Bin
> > > > Laden goes after us for not accepting second class
> > > > citizenship under Muslim rule.

J.A. Terranson
> > > No. He goes after us for the very same reason: for [our] 
> > > murdering of *hundreds of thousands* of people, both
> > > directly (Iraq) and by proxy (Israel).

James A. Donald:
> > What then is the reason for the murder of Afghans and
> > Sudanese?

J.A. Terranson
> My enemy's friend is my enemy.

But Al Quaeda and like groups were murdering Afghans in large
numbers long before the US renewed their old alliances. *

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