Go Back   Trackpads Community > General Discussions > Point/Counterpoint

Point/Counterpoint Debate newsworthy and other 'hot-button' topics here. If it can be debated, this is the forum for it. Can't be thin skinned - people will disagree with you. No flaming or personal attacks.

Point/Counterpoint

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 08-04-2006, 06:49   #1 (permalink)
Racy Ol' Lady
 
Snowden's Avatar
My Awards Rack
Silver Staff Service Medal Silver Reputation  Medal Silver Commanders Coin Silver Commanders Coin Silver Donations Award Gold Community Medal Gold Threads Medal 
Total Awards: 7
My Mood
My Mood:
Status
Snowden is offline
Post Count
47,878
My Photos
My Photos: 25
Member Flags
United States us maryland
My Referrals
My Referrals: 6
Personal Guestbook
Reputation +/-
Snowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant future
Other Swag
T-Bucks: 425,396.77
Bank: 0.00
Total T-Bucks: 425,396.77
     
     

 
Default An unappeasable global jihad

An unappeasable global jihad
By David Limbaugh
Friday, August 4, 2006



We are fighting a global war against international terrorists because the terrorists are engaged in a global jihad against infidels. The scariest thing about it is that a good many people in this country believe we actually have the luxury of opting out.

Isn't the operative assumption that we are dealing with a reasonable enemy that doesn't want war any more than we do?

Onlookers are prevented from appoaching the wreckage of a car belonging to Islamic Jihad militant Emad Yassin as others inspect it, after it was hit in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Friday, June 16, 2006. Hospital officials said two Islamic Jihad militants including Emad Yassin were killed during the Israeli air strike. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Why else would Democratic Congressman Martin Frost tell Fox News -- approvingly -- that "a majority of the American people has now decided that it was a mistake for us to go into Iraq "? Why else would certain media elites treat the ranting, spooky 18-page letter of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Bush as a thoughtful, serious piece warranting the president's good faith consideration? Ahmadinejad, by the way, said on Aug. 3 that the solution to the Middle East crisis is to destroy Israel.

Why else would the Left be so quick to declare moral equivalence between the actions of the Hezbollah terrorist aggressors and those of Israeli defenders? Why else would the liberal media downplay Hezbollah's raining of over 200 rockets on potentially civilian targets in one day while ignoring the possibility that the report of civilian deaths in Qana from Israeli airstrikes was part of a terrorist-staged propaganda event? Doesn't the fact that terrorists traffic in lies as well as murder warrant skepticism at least?

Why else would "more than a third of the American public suspect that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could go to war in the Middle East" (according to a new Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll)?
Why else would former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ed Peck (and others) refuse to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization? "A terrorist organization," said the diplomat, "is in the eye of the beholder." When asked, point blank, whether Hezbollah was a terrorist organization, Peck said, "No, I think it has objectives to which we object very strongly, and some of them are bloody. But other people are doing things quite similar to that and they're not called terrorists because they're on our side."

Yes, many in this country stubbornly believe the United States, let alone Israel, is not an entirely innocent party in this war. They believe, variously, that terrorists have legitimate grievances that can be mollified through negotiation, that we can rectify those grievances by altering our "imperialistic" policies and that Muslim terrorists have a right to be outraged that we attacked Iraq and had the audacity to help the Iraqis establish a political system whereby they could choose their own leaders instead of submitting to an unelected dictator.

They believe the terrorists have a right to be outraged at our consistent support of the Israelis, which are no different from the terrorists and allegedly have no greater claim to the Holy Land than the Palestinians. They believe the Palestinians are victims who are willing to live in peace with Israel if it will just cede a little more land, and a little more land, and a little more land, and that the United States has no moral authority in demanding the cessation of Iran's nuclear weapons program since we have the world's most formidable nuclear arsenal ourselves. They believe that if we hadn't attacked Iraq, the terrorists wouldn't be so mad at us and might not be at war against us.

So what if they finally badger our policy makers into withdrawing from Iraq before the Iraqi security forces are capable of assuming the job themselves? Will this withdrawal make us less of a target for the terrorists? Or will we have to withdraw our support for Israel as well? Perhaps join the terrorists in attacking Israel? How about our presence in Saudi Arabia?

The uncomplicated answer is that no matter what we do, policy-wise, we will remain infidels with gigantic bull's-eyes on our backs unless we renounce our capitalistic ways, destroy our churches and synagogues, outlaw our pluralistic religious society, convert to a radical Islamic theocracy and join the global jihad en route to a worldwide caliphate.

We are in this war for the long haul whether we like it or not. The only question is whether we intend to fight it or roll over in shameful appeasement until we are in a much weaker position to fight at such time as even the appeasers realize we have no other choice.


http://www.townhall.com/columnists/D...e_global_jihad
__________________
Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!


MOTM, Jan 2005, Aug 2007
Golden Cookie Award, 2005.
Aug 2006 Perv of the Month
Perv. Outreach Award, 2007
Snowden is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Trackpads Information
Click to Visit
Old 08-04-2006, 12:17   #2 (permalink)
Non-Commissioned Officer
 
AndJusticeForAll's Avatar
My Awards Rack
Army Service Button 
Total Awards: 1
My Mood
Status
AndJusticeForAll is offline
Post Count
1,915
My Photos
My Photos: 8
Member Flags
United States
My Referrals
My Referrals: 0
Personal Guestbook
Reputation +/-
AndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of lightAndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of lightAndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of lightAndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of lightAndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of lightAndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of lightAndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of lightAndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of lightAndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of lightAndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of lightAndJusticeForAll is a glorious beacon of light
Other Swag
T-Bucks: 3,944.00
Bank: 0.00
Total T-Bucks: 3,944.00

 
Default Re: An unappeasable global jihad

The answer lies in my sig line.
AndJusticeForAll is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 08-04-2006, 14:41   #3 (permalink)
Racy Ol' Lady
 
Snowden's Avatar
My Awards Rack
Silver Staff Service Medal Silver Reputation  Medal Silver Commanders Coin Silver Commanders Coin Silver Donations Award Gold Community Medal Gold Threads Medal 
Total Awards: 7
My Mood
My Mood:
Status
Snowden is offline
Post Count
47,878
My Photos
My Photos: 25
Member Flags
United States us maryland
My Referrals
My Referrals: 6
Personal Guestbook
Reputation +/-
Snowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant futureSnowden has a brilliant future
Other Swag
T-Bucks: 425,396.77
Bank: 0.00
Total T-Bucks: 425,396.77
     
     

 
Default Re: An unappeasable global jihad

Quote:
Originally Posted by AndJusticeForAll
The answer lies in my sig line.
Well, if the Israelis figure they're losing this war with Hezbollah, they seem to have a nuke aimed that way, AJFA. Aimed, armed and ready to go.

This article is timely - we cannot affort to postpone this battle any longer. They started it, thinking they can win. We have to finish it, proving they cannot win.
__________________
Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!


MOTM, Jan 2005, Aug 2007
Golden Cookie Award, 2005.
Aug 2006 Perv of the Month
Perv. Outreach Award, 2007
Snowden is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Old 08-04-2006, 15:22   #4 (permalink)
 
Caldric's Avatar
My Awards Rack
Silver Reputation  Medal Bronze Community Medal 
Total Awards: 2
My Mood
Status
Caldric is offline
Post Count
2,883
My Photos
My Photos: 12
Member Flags
United States us alaska
My Referrals
My Referrals: 1
Personal Guestbook
Reputation +/-
Caldric is a splendid one to beholdCaldric is a splendid one to beholdCaldric is a splendid one to beholdCaldric is a splendid one to beholdCaldric is a splendid one to beholdCaldric is a splendid one to beholdCaldric is a splendid one to beholdCaldric is a splendid one to beholdCaldric is a splendid one to beholdCaldric is a splendid one to beholdCaldric is a splendid one to behold
Other Swag
T-Bucks: 4,771.69
Bank: 0.00
Total T-Bucks: 4,771.69
 

 
Default Re: An unappeasable global jihad

Umm guys don't you think a nuclear war is a little drastic? There will never be an end if that happens.
__________________
"It's only hubris if I fail."
Caldric is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
War being waged against Israel not unique or distinct from the global jihad Woodmonkey General Military Discussions 1 04-30-2006 08:31
War being waged against Israel not unique or distinct from the global jihad Woodmonkey Point/Counterpoint 0 04-29-2006 17:09
Global jihad killers have only one way of showing they're alive/active: more carnage Woodmonkey Point/Counterpoint 2 07-30-2005 16:23
Ridge: Global Terrorism Requires Global Response Press Service DOD News Services 0 02-21-2005 02:50
Know Jihad JohnRN Point/Counterpoint 8 09-21-2004 20:22


Community Information
Options
Quick Options
Trackpads Non-Commercial Ad
Copyright Information Click to Visit
Time
Server Time
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:35.
Copyright
Copyright Information
The header is based off of work by Vipixel.com and modified by this site. Trackpads and the Trackpads Logo are both Registered Trademarks of Jason Edwards and cannot be used without prior written permission.  The only exception is as a link back to this site. Trackpads is a private website run by a small legion of volunteers, 3 dogs, 12.5 cats and an army of small, super smart, bio-engineered mice with pointy hats and tutu's. Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0 RC7
Archive Links
Archive Links
Page generated in 0.66124 seconds with 24 queries