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To: RetiredNow who wrote (235097)	5/31/2005 3:09:45 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572015

re: Bush and Cheney deserve alot of criticism, no doubt. But there are a lot of things wrong with the Middle East that have nothing to do with Bush or Cheney. True. re: We spend so much time being apologists for the Middle East Muslims, that we seem to be ignoring the fact that Islam and Middle East Muslims need to do some serious introspection and see if they are really part of a culture that can leap into the modern world. Or are they a religion and culture that is doomed to implode and continue to fall behind as all of the world's other religions embrace modernity and find a way to advance themselves and their religion? I'm not an apologist. I just don't think we should spend our lives, our reputation and our dollars trying to change the behavior of Middle East Muslims. Bush and Cheney lead my country; it's my responsibility to try to change their behavior. John

To: RetiredNow who wrote (235097)	5/31/2005 5:17:07 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572015

Rush pegged it today, You have Sunnis and Shiites bombing Mosques and no one is saying anything about the Korans being destroyed....

To: RetiredNow who wrote (235097)	6/1/2005 5:09:06 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572015

You know, there needs to be some balance in all of our criticism. Bush and Cheney deserve alot of criticism, no doubt. But there are a lot of things wrong with the Middle East that have nothing to do with Bush or Cheney. For instance, the Middle East Muslims are all up in arms that some U.S. soldiers flushed some Qurans. So they go and riot and kill some of their fellow Muslims in protest. In 1992, Americans in Los Angeles did not agree with the outcome of a trial and began rioting. When they were finished over 50 people where dead, 4k wounded and 12k arrested and $1 billion worth of damage had been done. It makes the Muslims look like pikers. This despite the fact that Saudi Arabian religious police routinely confiscate and destroy any Christian Bibles they find in the Kingdom. In addition, on any given day there is a Christian who is on trial in a Muslim country for trying to convert Muslims to Christianity...and the penalty is death if they are convicted. It would seem from their behavior that Muslims value a book over human life. So much for "Allah the merciful". It seems to me that the US needs to clean up its own house before telling others how to live [see above].