I received an email from one of my cousins today announcing that her husband will be leaving for Iraq in July for a 12-15 month rotation. He was there for 3 months last year and, I have to admit I've been wondering why he, who is regular army, had only been there for 3 months while the Guard and Reserve troops have been stuck there so long.
None the less, I was feeling a bit sorry for her until I came to this:
"As much as I fear the worst, I know we need to stay in this fight. I read an article that puts a few thing in perspective regarding the entire Muslim fight. Please link to it and take a glace -- it's interesting.
http://www.newsherald.com/viewpoint/phillucas/040404.shtml "
So I linked and found myself at the Panama City News Herald ("A Freedom Newspaper") and a column written by Phil Lucas, the Executive Editor.
This delightful <sarcasm on> column contained such gems as:
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We could fill the newspaper every morning with mobs of fanatical Muslims. They can’t get along with their neighbors on much of the planet: France, Chechnya, Bosnia, Indonesia, Spain, Morocco, India, Tunisia, Somalia, etc. etc. etc. Can anybody name three ongoing world conflicts in which Muslims are not involved? Today, where there is war, there are fanatical Muslims. We might quibble about who started what conflicts, but look at the sheer number of them.
One thing is sure. Muslim killers started the one we are in now when they slaughtered more than 3,000 people, including fellow Muslims, in New York City.
Let’s recap the Crusades. Muslims invaded Europe and when they reached sufficient numbers they imposed their intolerant religion upon Westerners by force. Christian monarchs drove them back and took the battle to their homeland. The fight lasted a couple of centuries, and we bottled them up for 1,000 years.
Now, a millennium later, Muslims have expanded forth again. Ask France. Ask England. Ask Manhattan. Two-and-a-half years ago fanatical Muslims laid siege to us. We woke up to the obvious. Our president announced it would be a very long war, then took the battle to the Islamic homeland. Sound familiar?
There may be a silent majority of peaceful Muslims – some live here – but that did not save 3,000 people in the World Trade Centers, the millions gassed and butchered in the Middle East, the tens of thousands slain in Eastern Europe and Asia, the hundreds blown to bits in the West Bank and Spain, or the four Americans shot, burned and hung like sausage over the Euphrates as a fanatical minority of Muslims did the joyful dance of death.
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I can't believe I share some of the same genes with a woman who could believe this crap and think it's worth her husband risking his life. I received an email from another relative who also got this from her and that email wanted to know if I knew just what the hell was wrong with her. All we could determine is that she can't get this from the side of the family we all share.