I have no sympathy for terrorists ....

[kentuck]

that pray to their Allah to save a place in Heaven for those that will fly airplanes into buildings with the sole purpose of killing as many people as possible. They smile and rejoice that the "evil" people have been killed. They believe they have done something great. But, what they have done, they have planted the seeds of violence that grow more violent day by day. They deserve no sympathy from anyone. They are not going to Heaven and they are not talking to Allah. They are communicating with the Devil herself.

[cry baby]

1. Hey, I didn't know the devil was a "she".

She-devil...is that where that term comes from?

[niallmac]

2. Hell if I know.

[kentuck]

4. If God can be a "she", then why can't the Devil ?

:) Just being philosophical..

[cry baby]

12. Devil with a blue dress on...

could be, if I keep cussing like I have been lately, I'll find out.

[YOY]

I think I used to date her before I met my wife

Of course I didn't find out she was the devil until the relationship went south.

Damn fine in the sack, but what a bitch!

...what can I say? I got a thing for redheads.

[marbuc]

14. Didn't you see "Bedazzled?"

Liz Hurley is the Devil.

[Shadowen]

28. Or at least the embodiment of tempation.

Mwa.

[thebigidea]

31. blasphemer! Peter Cook is the only true devil.

"You fill me with inertia..."

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

27. You Didn't? Have You Ever Told A Woman Her Butt Didn't Look Good In

those jeans?

Do it, You'll know...

:evilgrin:

[sniffa]

3. smiLe and rejoice?

they're dead; same as the peopLe they kiLLed.

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. Who does? n/t

[kentuck]

6. Good question.

:shrug:

[Canuckistanian]

7. Religious Extremists are like that

Violent, intolerant, myopic and provincial.

Ask Pat Robertson.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Anybody on DU ever said they did?

Of course they're evil bastards -- just like everybody else who uses a perversion of religion to justify killing. What else is new?

[baldguy]

9. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

[cosmicone]

10. Terrorism is just a political tool

It is no different than military or economic might. When used, all three cause misery to innocents.

It is foolhardy to condemn one and not the other two just because terrorism is generally used by the powerless as a desperate measure against the high and mighty "so called" good guys who use the latter two.

We will never overcome terrorism unless we think of it as evil and not see it for what it is dispassionately.

[calzone]

11. Can't argue with that

There's more to the issue of course, only an extremely small minority of so-called Muslims (and so-called Christians) approve of or are sympathetic to attacking civilians and non-combatants, and only a small fraction of the attacks in Iraq are suicide bombers targeting civilians.
I don't agree with Churchill's now infamous characterization of the WTC victims as "little Eichmanns", tho' he has a right to his opinion and he may not have meant that he was necessarily sympathetic to the hijackers. He didn't state that.
I don't consider the suicide bombers that target our military in Iraq as terrorists, I think they're desperate, committed combatants.
What's important is simply to try to understand what motivates the terrorists and work from that end, cuz working from the other end...simply throwing up a shield, is useless IMO.

[Kralizec]

13. Not all terrorists are of Muslim faith. And if you think there are

no "white" terrorists, think again. McVeigh for one.

And if you asked someone in Latin America, they might say WE are the terrorists. Last time I checked most U.S. citizens were Christian, not Muslim.

Try not to generalize. This is feeding the idea that all Muslims are terrorists, and that all terrorists are Muslim. We have defined a "terrorist" in our culture, but what do you think other cultures have defined as a "terrorist?"

Peace.

[Redstone]

25. Helluva good point you make.

Furthermore: Want to know what terrorism is? Dropping 2,000-pound bombs into the middle of a densely-populated city in the middle of the night...that's fucking terrorism.

Redstone

[shance]

15. The tone of your post is amazingly racist and narrow minded.

Have you not considered that the Bush Administration has been the haven for most of this "terrorism" to be born? Who on earth is profiting from all this death and disaster.

The Islamics? Tell me this. Are you just jumping at the chance to take your next vacation to Baghdad?

Get real. Wake up and smell some coffee.

Where do you think all this convenient warring is coming from?

The war profiteers are the terrorists. They are the ones to blame, however much you may want to focus on "Allah" and his followers. The war profiteers are the ones who fund these people who are often in poverty and are most often forced to engage in such acts by those in this Administration.

Please wake up and think before falling into the very racist trap of blaming those people out thar that ain't like us.

[951-Riverside]

16. "kentuck" Not all terrorists are brown,arab or even muslim....

Still Remember the uni-bomber, eric rudolf, tim mcveigh, george hw bush, etc?

[drduffy]

17. It may have been said

terrorism is as terrorism does. State sponsored terrorism is no better than the regular kind. Killing eight collaterals in a bombinb raid (and even more particularly when you know there will be collaterals), say eight little kids is no different in effect that targeting the kids. Either way the state rationalizes away 8 lives. To further their ends. I have no sympathy for either. Our is an elective war. That means we are killing little kids because we want to. Not because we had to defend ourselves.

fuck all terorism.

[jmatthan]

18. Do you have sympathy for terrorists

who invade countries with no reason, use shock and awe to kill innocent civilians, use depleted uranium and destroy an entire country, use cluster bombs which kill and maim children for years and years, use White Phosphorous to burn women and children, use torture on uncharged people, rendition people to torture then....

I would certainly be interested to know whether you think it is OK because this is done by Christians who believe THEY are going to Heaven?

Should I have any sympathy for these people just because they are your countrymen?

I am sure you do not smile when you hear that the "evil?" innocent people fighting to survive but whom you claim are "terrorists" have been killed by the invaders!

[Nobody]

19. I have no sympathy for members of the oldest active terrorist group

The KKK.

[Caretha]

20. I have a hard time

swallowing the story that 19 hijackers, who couldn't land a jet airliner could so unerringly hit the WTC. It's like threading the eye of a needle blindfolded, or so say my pilot friends. But for argument's sake, let's say they somehow did.....then please explain to me what brought the towers down within 2 hours in a perfect pancake fashion? (Pssst...use something else besides melting steel...that one has been debunked).

I guess I'm just tired as hell of what I consider to be "still a mystery" used for demonizing a religion, working the US population into a war killing frenzy, starting a preemptive war, murdering over 100,000 innocent civilians and taking the world to the brink of WWIII.

I could go on. The lack of sanity is so prevalent that there is a daily meme of the most incredible bullshit trotted out as truth and shoveled down everyone's throat.

Aren't you sick of it?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

21. Quick question for you..

I've been doing a lot of reading and studying of MIHOP and can see the concept of planted explosives..

But is there any question that the planes hit? I mean, we have eye witnesses, video, huge pieces of jet on the ground..

BTW I agree with your post. Murder is murder.

[Caretha]

22. Interesting question

I've started doubting everything. MIHOP/LIHOP - maybe a mix of all of it. The truth lies somewhere inbetween probably. If we really knew the whole story it would more than likely blow our wigs sky high.

Did the planes hit....I personally saw the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower on TV, but then again I have seen David Blane levitate on tv too and make the Statue of Liberty disapear. So to repeat - I don't even trust my own eyes and ears anymore, but I can still spot bullshit a mile away and know that somethin's up that doesn't quite jive.

[Rex]

23. Evil people deserve no sympathy, period.

Murder is murder is murder.

[kentuck]

24. Well said, Rex...

No matter if it comes from this White House or from Saudi Arabia or from the caves in Afghanistan. It cannot be excused. That is my point exactly, although some think it racist, it was meant to make your very point and to remind us to stay focused on all of them.

[Mr_Spock]

26. I know, I don't remember Jesus telling anyone to kill innocent people

for any reason, never mind for a fabricated political cover. I have no sympathy for terrorists either. I wonder who Jesus would kill?

[upi402]

29. "Jesus, save me from your followers" -the inquisitioned

and the Crusades victims, and innocent citizens in Salem, MA

...and now the United States of America and the world it seeks to control and change.

[ConsAreLiars]

30. Do you intend to single out only those terrorists who pray to Allah?

How about those who claim the endorsement of some other Deity?

Would you also say you "have no sympathy for terrorists ....
"that pray to their God to save a place in Heaven for those that will fly airplanes over buildings with the sole purpose of killing as many people as possible. They smile and rejoice that the "evil" people have been killed. They believe they have done something great. But, what they have done, they have planted the seeds of violence that grow more violent day by day. They deserve no sympathy from anyone. They are not going to Heaven and they are not talking to God. They are communicating with the Devil herself."

Your original post sounded a lot like the kind of pathological projection that we hear in almost every speech by the terrorist gang now heading the US state apparatus, where they describe their actions and attribute them to "the other."

I assume you were merely expressing distaste for the actions of one bunch of murderers, but by singling out those who pray to Allah, you risk appearing a bit blind to the slaughter being done by others who claim supernatural authority