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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (15109)	8/9/2006 3:28:44 PM
From: Cage Rattler	Respond to of 32591

From the National Review -- a poem that says it all. If— (you want to be a true jihadi) If you can hack the head off from a hostage Who’s kneeling bound and helpless on the floor; If you can purge yourself of each last vestige Of decency, morality, and Law; If you can hate and never tire of hating, Or, faced with truth, still hold fast to your lies, Or, while you’re hard at work decapitating, Show no trace of pity in your eyes: If you can teach your kids the “victim” story, Stir Muslim losers trapped in English slums, Fill youthful heads with crackpot dreams of glory, And urge them on to fiery martyrdoms; If you can use religion as a cover For deeds no man could pardon or excuse, Or claim that all the ills we humans suffer Are machinations of the evil Jews: If you can use the fruits of Western science (A science that your culture cannot match) To broadcast all your hatred and defiance, Or carry out your crimes with more dispatch; If you can put aside sectarian violence, Co-operate with Shi’ites from Iran, Unite Islam; intimidate to silence All Muslims who won’t sign up to your plan: If you can fly a plane into a building Filled with harmless folk you’ve never seen, Or seize a school that’s full of little children And murder them when rescuers break in; If you can fill each precious living minute With sixty seconds’ worth of evil done, Yours is heaven, and all the virgins in it, And then you’ll be a real jihadi, son! article.nationalreview.com

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (15109)	8/9/2006 3:38:22 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Wrong. 9-11 happened on Bush's watch and he was actually warned on 8-6-01, but did nothing. It's true the advanced planning began with Clointon in office, but Clinton had a 24/7 Al Qaida desk in the White House which Bush disbanded. That desk stopped the Al Qaida 1999 LAX bombing and probably would have stopped 9-11 too. They were on the ball. But Bush disbanded all counter-terror operations. Why?