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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bentway who wrote (4933)	8/30/2004 9:49:17 PM
From: Sojourner Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27181

I feel we have attempted to be neutral. I think many Americans underestimate the Islamic hatred of the Jewish people.

To: bentway who wrote (4933)	8/30/2004 9:58:15 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

"I trace most of our problems in the Islamic world to our outright favorable treatment of Israel. " I have thought about that. It is a legitimate question. I have come to a different conclusion. The real battle is not Israel and Islam. The real battle is Islam vs. Islam. The borders of Islam bleed. Everywhere Islam interfaces with the rest of the world there is violence. In Indonesia there is violence. In the Phillipines there is violence. In Russia there is violence. In India there is violence. None of these locations have a thing to do with Israel. Even within the world of Islam there is trouble. There is violence in Saudi Arabia. There is violence in Algeria. There is violence in Pakistan. To say Israel is the problem is simply wrong. To fail to see the reality and restate the Israeli issue is to show more of the anti semitism of the American Left. You see it in kerry spirit on these boards. Watch close - you will see it in others. This is no

To: bentway who wrote (4933)	8/30/2004 10:32:39 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27181

French Hostage Seeks End to Head Scarf Ban 1 hour, 23 minutes ago Add World - AP to My Yahoo! By ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press Writer PARIS - Two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq (news - web sites) appealed late Monday for their countrymen and president to save their lives by giving in to their captors' demand to rescind a ban on Muslim head scarves in French schools. AP Photo AP Photo Slideshow: Iraq France Presses for Journalists' Release (AP Video) Related Quotes AAUK DJIA NASDAQ S&P 500 22.81 10137.13 1836.49 1099.15 0.00 -57.88 -25.60 -8.62 delayed 20 mins - disclaimer Quote Data provided by Reuters Latest headlines: · Attacks Halt Oil Exports From South Iraq AP - 11 minutes ago · McCain Endorses Bush, Defends Iraq War AP - 18 minutes ago · Republicans Salute Bush, McCain Defends Iraq War Reuters - 25 minutes ago Special Coverage A video of the reporters was broadcast by Al-Jazeera television hours after France insisted it would go ahead with the ban when schools open Thursday. Yes J Chris - it is only Israel that causes trouble with radical Islamists - open your blind eyes to the realities of the world. They are now after their French protectors. Why not - after all the Spanish caved - they think they can change the policies of the world. Yes J. Chris - you are a fool if you think it is Isreal that is the problem. Open your blind eyes! And I hope the Jewish people open theirs to the agenda of the democratic left! "I appeal to the French people to go to the streets ... because our lives are threatened," journalist Georges Malbrunot said in English on the video. Speaking in French, fellow hostage Christian Chesnot called on French President Jacques Chirac and his government to drop the ban, according to the Al-Jazeera newsreader, who interpreted his remarks into Arabic. "