I dont know if you are taking a shot at me or just teasing. I really dont know why you would single out that particular comment. But if you will read it again you will see that i said I was back from living in Ireland. I was in the US at the time of the attacks.

I dont remember the time when my sister told me the news. Details of the first few hours are still hazy to me. But by the time I found out, both buildings had collapsed. I live in the Central time zone so if the Towers were gone by mid morning New York time then at the time that they fell it was a little earlier than that in Texas time. So I found out before before noon at least, I would think. I still wouldnt be able to pin down how long after they fell that I found out. I’ve got nothing on that at all.

One good thing about your comment though is that you caused me to really think about what time it was when I found out and what time it was in New York at that point. So no matter what you motive may have been, I at least derived a benefit from it. I have had a long running mental block about some small details. I guess because other more powerful concerns obliterated any interest I might have had in what time it was.

The key to keep in mind here is that this was yet another attempt by Islamic militants to do harm to American citizens. It is a pretty sad day when our very own state department can’t bring itself to say the words that all American’s need to hear.
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By the way, La Shawn is partially correct as well – losing a cultural war by being too weak willed to respect your own culture is foolishness.

I don’t think it is just as simple that they hate us because we support Israel. If it was this simple then Sunni’s and Shites would live as peacefully as Baptists and Methodists. If Israel did not exist they would still be killing each other. If Israel did not exist Arab Muslims would still be killing African Muslims and African Christians, and Hindus, and Buddists, and, and and….

Islam is a religion of hate and murder. Jews, Israel, and US support for Israel are just the easy scapegoats for their lack of progress in the civilized world.

It is past time for liberals to wake up to the fact that Islam is their biggest enemy.

It’s now the fifth year since September 11, 2001, when the al Qaeda murdered almost 3000 people in the World Trade Center. This is my entry for the memorial service.

Your complaint of her “rhetoric” is completely vague. I see you’re an indepent. How’s sitting on the fence treating you? Chafing much?

As far as your claims that all religions are to blame, perhaps you should try reading a New Testament book. Try one of the Gospels. Then pick up a Koran. Read some of that. Then make your decision as to whether or not they’re all to blame. Where is this mysterious and veiled Christian threat to civilization lurking in the shadows? Perhaps you’ll make some indictment against Christianity because of the Crusades or the Inquisition, however long ago it was. Also, have you ever heard of the Reformation?

“On 9/11/01, I was back from living in Ireland, jobless, and in no real hurry to find employment so I was still in lolling in bed when my sister came to tell me with a pronouced quake in her voice that two planes had hit the WTC and that both buildings had collapsed. “

My point is that using ‘fascism’ to describe the enemy seems a shoehorned attempt to equate this struggle with the ones of the last century. By the definition you offer, “Catholofacism” is an equitable way to label the inquisition and much of the history of the Roman Church.

Fascism: Any program for setting up a centralized autocratic national regime with severely nationalistic policies, exercising regimentation of industry, commerce, and finance, rigid censorship, and forcible suppression of opposition. (Webster’s)

Theocracy: Government of a state by the immediate direction of God; thearchy; hence, government by priests, or ministers as representatives of God. (Webster’s)

Even looking at these, one senses that Muslim terrorists hew to all of the defining traits of ‘Theocracy’ and none of ‘Fascism’ save the suppression part. Where’s the nationalism, the rigid control of economy and industry?

What’s wrong with “Islamic Jihadi?” or “Muslim Extreamists?” Why graft an unsuitable word to describe something innacurately? As undoubtedly catchy as it is, no serious historian or Islamic scholar would ever use the word ‘fascism’ in describing Muslim fundies, terroist or otherwise. Why would you?

Comment by suek

Somehow, suek, I doubt you even looked.

Any internet search of blocked UN Resolutions will quickly appraise you of the 1948 Security Council Resolutions and the famous 242 Resolution of 1967 – all of which the US voted for before the Israel Lobby became so powerful. And any internet search will quickly reveal the full history since around 1973 of the US blocking any Resolution it is told to by the Lobby.