Comments on: Being Nice Will Get Us Killed

NRO: Enough With The Olive Branches To The Islamofascists

[pjaudinetsr]

to MarkS7177 at 11:53 AM : Sep 22, 2006
Oh, by the way, What is YOUR solution to our delemma in Iraq and Afghanistan? I would like to know how you, as President are going to pull my son out from under those rocket attacks. Don't give me speaches and Bush slams, give me a solution.

[pjaudinetsr]

To MarkS7177 at 11:53 AM : Sep 22, 2006
Game, set and match to you. You're alot smarter than I am. You have all the answers so I'll leave you to it. I will say that you are right about appeasement. Remember that all the time while Bush was inspecting and waiting and waiting, Sadam was setting us up. We were just to naive to see it, or our ego was hiding it, as it does many of our mistakes. God be with you, young man.

[msc008]

"No olive branches for the Islamofascists."????

What the heck is an Islamofacist? Fascism means nationalism, control by/for corporations, and authoritarianism. Terrorists do not have a state, or corporations. So what do they have to do with fascism?

Islamic fundamentalists is what we are really talking about. Islamofascist isn't a word it's a BS Repub talking point.

Even more ridiculous is telling McCain to ponder agony. Who is better qualified to speak on torture, someone who spent 5 years in a POW camp or Deroy Murdock sitting in his air-conditioned office?

[parousia2-2009]

The violent reaction of fundamentalist Muslims to the Pope's exercise of free speech certainly lends some tagible credance to the view of the 14 century emporer he quoted who, in dialoge with a devout Muslim, was concerned about the place of violence in Islam.

And MarkS7177 above forgets that there wouldn't have ever been a WWII in the first place if the rest of the world hadn't been to committed to appeasement in the first place: As Churchhill said, the cause of WWII was "because the malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous." The world was trying to reason with a virus.

How is it that we allow the most recalcitrant, leaste motivated, most intolerant among us call all the shots?

[random_radar]

Well, admittedly, Mr. Murdock does make a good point about the benefits of torture. If it gets information to protect our nation, we really ought to expand the practice. Let's take the gloves off and torture anyone suspected of a crime--I mean here in the good ole U.S. of A, too.

Imagine how many more crimes could be solved if the police were allowed to torture, instead of prohibited from coercing confessions. As a protection, we should only allow verifiable details to be used as evidence (to prevent forcing false confessions). The key is to get the facts by force.

This would be a boon to law enforcement in everything from murder, rape, and robbery to traffic violations and teen drug use. Just the fear of interrogation would probably reduce crime dramatically, especially if the methods often resulted in "accidental" death of the suspects.

Yes, we have within our reach the ability to solve not only the terrorist problem, but all criminality if we just have the backbone to do it. Take the gloves off. Show the world America has the courage to do what is necessary. All that is required is a permanent detour through hell.

[doctorgraz]

You cannot reason nor give in to fascists, be they Muslim or Christian.....remember Mussolini and Hitler. They will only be convinced/"converted" with force and the might of the United States. Let us not continue to be Uncle Saps and allow the world nations to accept our aid and money and then laugh behind our backs.....Never forget the Holacaust and the Crime of 9/11...another Pearl Harbor. The Creator is on our side and Lucifer on Theirs. Who do you think will win ?

[broswall]

exusmcsgt:
"The Pope qoutes a perspective which he later staes that he does not espouse. What hooey! When have popes made statements supporting abortion rights or *** marraige which they don't espouse?

The Pope got caught slamming Islam as "evil" and can't man up and admit that he put his papal foot in his papal mouth."

Worst case is that the Pope's intent was to blaspheme Islam. You know what - that *** happens everyday - someone commits blasphemy against other faiths. Muslims should get over it. Their faith does not give them any free pass to kill people because they were defamed.

Thanks for your service to our country, exusmcsgt.

vietvet

[d-tiberius]

Clearly the fault lies on all sides of the story. The radical Islamic world, the US administration and Christian fundamentalists. Being "nice" is way to vague and frankly both sides are so blinded by their own belief, greed and fanaticism that nice isn't an option. You have radical Islamic minorities who decide to stress that they are peaceful and yet engange in activity which kills innocents. Then you have the current US admin guilty of many crimes. As long as both sides are labelling each other as the most evil thing in the world and unwilling to negotiate being "nice" is irrelevant.

[mjv2944]

Nice is not a word that terrorists use. I say take off the gloves, to hell with what Europe thinks and kick some real a--! ITS TIME!!!!

[exusmcsgt]

The Pope qoutes a perspective which he later staes that he does not espouse. What hooey! When have popes made statements supporting abortion rights or *** marraige which they don't espouse?

The Pope got caught slamming Islam as "evil" and can't man up and admit that he put his papal foot in his papal mouth.