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In reply to the discussion: I just do not understand Paris [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)96. The Shah is the person that came here for treatment. The Ayatollah and his followers were the ones
who were upset at us for that.
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That's it, and while not all of our sins were committed by the criminal Bush family and friends,
randys1
Nov 2015
#105
Yep, there is pure evilness in the world. How one arrives to that state can be many factors, but
RKP5637
Nov 2015
#47
Nonsense. Tell me bow "all religions" of western democracies slaughter concert goers..
whathehell
Nov 2015
#14
Oh, yes. We deliberately target sports stadia, discos, restaurants, concerts.....
WinkyDink
Nov 2015
#62
For once? I dont see a whole lot of ancient history discussed in G-D or G-DP
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#68
You DO agree that the Crusades, the Inquisition, et al. were not since 2000 CE? Did you read
WinkyDink
Nov 2015
#121
No, I wasn't apologizing for anyone. Barbarity is barbarity. And that includes
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#71
The 'Christians" of 1940's Germany were not acting on behalf of religious beliefs or goals..
whathehell
Nov 2015
#77
It's complicated all right — the Sunni v Shia rift, but W/Cheney had a lot to do with ISIS's . . .
brush
Nov 2015
#83
Yes, they were at least partially. They were trying to rid their country of Jews.
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#94
The easy way to refute your point is to remind you and everyone of Der Sturmer
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#104
That was an attack based on ethnicity or "race" -- The Aryan/non- Aryan race concept.
whathehell
Nov 2015
#118
True. The "Aryan" bit came from their belief that Iran/Mesopotamia was their true "homeland."
WinkyDink
Nov 2015
#128
Funny, I haven't heard of lutheran or Presbyterian Terrorists slaughtering concert goers recently
whathehell
Nov 2015
#15
But not, as was specified earlier, in the Western democracies of Europe, America
whathehell
Nov 2015
#30
Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Syria were all secular. The muslim fundie countries are mostly our allies.
CJCRANE
Nov 2015
#39
But I refuted your point. Muslim fundamentalism was not encouraged in Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt.
CJCRANE
Nov 2015
#46
But the problem of muslim fundamentalist extremism and terrorism was much less under their rule. nt
CJCRANE
Nov 2015
#53
I'm not denying the part the Bush administration, especially, has played in all this..
whathehell
Nov 2015
#60
The Iranian Shaw came after us because we had the audacity to give medical treatment to someone he
Drahthaardogs
Nov 2015
#57
The Shah is the person that came here for treatment. The Ayatollah and his followers were the ones
stevenleser
Nov 2015
#96
right on cue...I guess them screaming "Allahu Akbar" means "I hate Soccer" now
snooper2
Nov 2015
#86
the ones screamin "Allah Akbar" aren't the ones who make plans. They're the useful idiots
KittyWampus
Nov 2015
#93
Sorry. Totally uninterested in some back and forth go nowhere discussion n/t
Catherina
Nov 2015
#113
Some of us retreat into cause and effect, thinking these acts don't occur on their own.
randome
Nov 2015
#26
What about Russia's meddling in Syria? Did or will that have any repercussions? nt
CJCRANE
Nov 2015
#41
Same thing. It's easier to smuggle a bomb on board. ISIS goes after low-hanging fruit. Always.
randome
Nov 2015
#59
I think that the people who do this would disagree about the innocence of those harmed
mythology
Nov 2015
#34
Paris? Do we not recall Rome airport? Bologna's train station? The Bali disco? Need I go on?
WinkyDink
Nov 2015
#61
Angry, lost young men are dangerous; we've been averaging almost a mass shooting a day in the U.S.
Chathamization
Nov 2015
#70
Westerners perform atrocities against Others on a daily basis--without a clue they are doing it
librechik
Nov 2015
#78
Exactly, the core of it all is fanaticism, no matter what it's cloaked in. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2015
#103
Wow Aerows. Your OP really brought out the right wing crazy in a few people.
GoneFishin
Nov 2015
#109
I believe the "rejection of Reason" would apply to the Middle East, not to the countries of the
WinkyDink
Nov 2015
#123