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		<title>By: Strangerthanfiction</title>
		<link>http://pubrecord.org/commentary/5385/convince-muslims-were-religious/comment-page-1/#comment-1502</link>
		<dc:creator>Strangerthanfiction</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BTW, my husband also gave out as many copies of the Qur&#039; an as the Bible. They were left over copies after all had been given to soldiers who wanted them. The Iraqi people requested the Bibles -- if you read the original article, it states that some of the Iraqi women spoke English. All were brought to Iraq by the US military, not shipped by civilians. If you have a problem with that, take it up with the Defense Dept., not us. I think Orwellwasright did a good job of addressing the other issues.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW, my husband also gave out as many copies of the Qur&#8217; an as the Bible. They were left over copies after all had been given to soldiers who wanted them. The Iraqi people requested the Bibles &#8212; if you read the original article, it states that some of the Iraqi women spoke English. All were brought to Iraq by the US military, not shipped by civilians. If you have a problem with that, take it up with the Defense Dept., not us. I think Orwellwasright did a good job of addressing the other issues.</p>
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		<title>By: Avery</title>
		<link>http://pubrecord.org/commentary/5385/convince-muslims-were-religious/comment-page-1/#comment-1494</link>
		<dc:creator>Avery</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why don&#039;t you find some popular arabic language sources this story has appeared in?


                              You are a dishonest waste of time.


              What the have you learned in your life other than deception?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why don&#8217;t you find some popular arabic language sources this story has appeared in?</p>
<p>                              You are a dishonest waste of time.</p>
<p>              What the have you learned in your life other than deception?</p>
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		<title>By: Avery</title>
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		<dc:creator>Avery</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Orwell fraud your a joke and I&#039;m sure you already knew that.  Your sources are for an entirely english audience.  Even if they did show up online in arabic, which i&#039;d bet they haven&#039;t there would still be many less viewings than were exposed first hand.

  
     Free speech is so anti-american huh.


How dare she document reality?         Has she no sense?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Orwell fraud your a joke and I&#8217;m sure you already knew that.  Your sources are for an entirely english audience.  Even if they did show up online in arabic, which i&#8217;d bet they haven&#8217;t there would still be many less viewings than were exposed first hand.</p>
<p>     Free speech is so anti-american huh.</p>
<p>How dare she document reality?         Has she no sense?</p>
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		<title>By: Orwellwasright</title>
		<link>http://pubrecord.org/commentary/5385/convince-muslims-were-religious/comment-page-1/#comment-1475</link>
		<dc:creator>Orwellwasright</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just to clarify Chris,

This article we are currently conversing in was published September 21st 2009.  After that, October was the bloodiest month since the engagement in Afghanistan Began...

See for yourself.  Headline from Afghanistan approx 1 month later on October 27th..

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/716852--october-is-bloodiest-month-yet-for-u-s-troops-in-afghanistan

Here is the Headline:

&quot;October is bloodiest month yet for U.S. troops in Afghanistan&quot;

Excerpt:

&quot;55 the total number of Americans killed in October in Afghanistan&quot;

Nothing personal Chris, but I believe you are in err, especially if you don&#039;t think your research and articles being plastered all over the Middle East don&#039;t find their way into the hands of the radical Mullahs.  I hope you also see that I took this up on an older article for a reason as I am not someone who is simply bored and suddenly decided &quot;I want to argue with Chris today&quot;.  I am just trying to get you to look at things from a different angle without all the static.  We are all wrong sometimes and this is much too important for bickering.  I am hoping you will listen to the points I have made and I was not even sure if you would reply to such an old article, so thanks.  

Chris, I have friends over there.  They didn&#039;t ask for this war, but they are there.  They use their Bibles and Tanach&#039;s to help them get through it all so I hope you cut them some slack.  Obama promised to bring em home, but we can add that to the ever increasing laundry list of failed promises he has accumulated.  55 of their buddies died last month in the 34 days after your article ran.  They were dying while your article was on the front pages of the websites in the Middle East.

37 Allied forces died also with 285 wounded.

I sincerely hope you will consider what I am saying and you can delete this entire exchange if you want.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just to clarify Chris,</p>
<p>This article we are currently conversing in was published September 21st 2009.  After that, October was the bloodiest month since the engagement in Afghanistan Began&#8230;</p>
<p>See for yourself.  Headline from Afghanistan approx 1 month later on October 27th..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/716852--october-is-bloodiest-month-yet-for-u-s-troops-in-afghanistan" rel="nofollow">http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/716852&#8211;october-is-bloodiest-month-yet-for-u-s-troops-in-afghanistan</a></p>
<p>Here is the Headline:</p>
<p>&#8220;October is bloodiest month yet for U.S. troops in Afghanistan&#8221;</p>
<p>Excerpt:</p>
<p>&#8220;55 the total number of Americans killed in October in Afghanistan&#8221;</p>
<p>Nothing personal Chris, but I believe you are in err, especially if you don&#8217;t think your research and articles being plastered all over the Middle East don&#8217;t find their way into the hands of the radical Mullahs.  I hope you also see that I took this up on an older article for a reason as I am not someone who is simply bored and suddenly decided &#8220;I want to argue with Chris today&#8221;.  I am just trying to get you to look at things from a different angle without all the static.  We are all wrong sometimes and this is much too important for bickering.  I am hoping you will listen to the points I have made and I was not even sure if you would reply to such an old article, so thanks.  </p>
<p>Chris, I have friends over there.  They didn&#8217;t ask for this war, but they are there.  They use their Bibles and Tanach&#8217;s to help them get through it all so I hope you cut them some slack.  Obama promised to bring em home, but we can add that to the ever increasing laundry list of failed promises he has accumulated.  55 of their buddies died last month in the 34 days after your article ran.  They were dying while your article was on the front pages of the websites in the Middle East.</p>
<p>37 Allied forces died also with 285 wounded.</p>
<p>I sincerely hope you will consider what I am saying and you can delete this entire exchange if you want.</p>
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		<title>By: Orwellwasright</title>
		<link>http://pubrecord.org/commentary/5385/convince-muslims-were-religious/comment-page-1/#comment-1474</link>
		<dc:creator>Orwellwasright</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Okay, this response presents an interesting quagmire...

So let me get this straight.  

1.  I stated that the fruits of your work risk the lives of US soldiers by giving cannon fodder to the radical elements of Islam and your articles are emblazoned across the entire Middle Eastern Internet Headlines on a Regular basis.  

2.  Your logic for publishing this information is based upon the advice given you by 2 members of the Bush administration, the same administration you have systematically berated for &quot;Holy War&quot; talk and the same administration where you singled out General Boykin for the same?  Circular logic...  Fascinating.  Did you ever stop to think that perhaps they wouldn&#039;t mind if things escalated given your sordid views of those in the Bush Admin?  

You said &quot;Very simply, if we can find it, they can find it.&quot;  Now lets stop right there.  So you then decide to help then in their search and save them the efforts of finding it themselves???  

&quot; By revealing what we have found,&quot;  .  So not only do the propagandists in Radical Islam use this for recruitment, but you HELP THEM TO FIND MORE tools for that recruitment by broadcasting it with the Internet PA system???  Do you honestly think that they are not using your research and articles for supposed recruitment???  Does even juvenile logic and common sense exist anymore???  

This won&#039;t work with the troops and their orphaned families Chris.  Not by a longshot.  Especially the ones in Afghanistan who had buddies dying while your story was being splattered across the front pages of the entire middle east.  No.  Not a snowballs chance in hell and you are kidding yourself if you think it will.  

There is a big difference between the native population discovering stuff and screaming about it and an American citizen proclaiming throughout the entire middle east that this is a Holy War...  You&#039;re a smart woman and should be able to figure that one out on your own.  In the meantime, our troops are deeply indebted to you for further jeopardizing their safety on an increasingly regular basis.  

Regarding your other questions:

Answer#1.  The Quran calls the Torah(Taurat) and Injeel(Gospel) sources of guidance and light as pointed out by Patriot, which of course you sidestepped completely because you don&#039;t know diddly about Islam.  It commands the Muslim to &quot;follow&quot; the book and that the book is &quot;blessed&quot;.  It goes on further to say do not make war with the people of the book.  Now, remind us how giving a copy of the Torah and Gospel are &quot;contrary to Islam&quot; and the Quran since you are so well versed in the religion???

Answer #2.  Under Saddam, tyranny ruled and all media and print were controlled.  People were shot for simply looking at his son Qusay.  That being said, Iraq does not exactly have an abundant supply of Bible studies floating around so the need is certainly there. Once again, basic levels of reason and logic that when used together = common sense.  


As for our troops.  It may be a prudent choice for you to begin tracking the deaths of our soldiers vs the publications of your stories in the Middle East.  Perhaps you will wake up then.  

Strangerthanfiction:

Please tell your husband thanks for his service to this nation and for the work he does counseling and caring for soldiers of all faiths.  Thank you personally for standing with him, speaking up for him and may God richly bless you both for your piety... 

Oohrah!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, this response presents an interesting quagmire&#8230;</p>
<p>So let me get this straight.  </p>
<p>1.  I stated that the fruits of your work risk the lives of US soldiers by giving cannon fodder to the radical elements of Islam and your articles are emblazoned across the entire Middle Eastern Internet Headlines on a Regular basis.  </p>
<p>2.  Your logic for publishing this information is based upon the advice given you by 2 members of the Bush administration, the same administration you have systematically berated for &#8220;Holy War&#8221; talk and the same administration where you singled out General Boykin for the same?  Circular logic&#8230;  Fascinating.  Did you ever stop to think that perhaps they wouldn&#8217;t mind if things escalated given your sordid views of those in the Bush Admin?  </p>
<p>You said &#8220;Very simply, if we can find it, they can find it.&#8221;  Now lets stop right there.  So you then decide to help then in their search and save them the efforts of finding it themselves???  </p>
<p>&#8221; By revealing what we have found,&#8221;  .  So not only do the propagandists in Radical Islam use this for recruitment, but you HELP THEM TO FIND MORE tools for that recruitment by broadcasting it with the Internet PA system???  Do you honestly think that they are not using your research and articles for supposed recruitment???  Does even juvenile logic and common sense exist anymore???  </p>
<p>This won&#8217;t work with the troops and their orphaned families Chris.  Not by a longshot.  Especially the ones in Afghanistan who had buddies dying while your story was being splattered across the front pages of the entire middle east.  No.  Not a snowballs chance in hell and you are kidding yourself if you think it will.  </p>
<p>There is a big difference between the native population discovering stuff and screaming about it and an American citizen proclaiming throughout the entire middle east that this is a Holy War&#8230;  You&#8217;re a smart woman and should be able to figure that one out on your own.  In the meantime, our troops are deeply indebted to you for further jeopardizing their safety on an increasingly regular basis.  </p>
<p>Regarding your other questions:</p>
<p>Answer#1.  The Quran calls the Torah(Taurat) and Injeel(Gospel) sources of guidance and light as pointed out by Patriot, which of course you sidestepped completely because you don&#8217;t know diddly about Islam.  It commands the Muslim to &#8220;follow&#8221; the book and that the book is &#8220;blessed&#8221;.  It goes on further to say do not make war with the people of the book.  Now, remind us how giving a copy of the Torah and Gospel are &#8220;contrary to Islam&#8221; and the Quran since you are so well versed in the religion???</p>
<p>Answer #2.  Under Saddam, tyranny ruled and all media and print were controlled.  People were shot for simply looking at his son Qusay.  That being said, Iraq does not exactly have an abundant supply of Bible studies floating around so the need is certainly there. Once again, basic levels of reason and logic that when used together = common sense.  </p>
<p>As for our troops.  It may be a prudent choice for you to begin tracking the deaths of our soldiers vs the publications of your stories in the Middle East.  Perhaps you will wake up then.  </p>
<p>Strangerthanfiction:</p>
<p>Please tell your husband thanks for his service to this nation and for the work he does counseling and caring for soldiers of all faiths.  Thank you personally for standing with him, speaking up for him and may God richly bless you both for your piety&#8230; </p>
<p>Oohrah!</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Rodda</title>
		<link>http://pubrecord.org/commentary/5385/convince-muslims-were-religious/comment-page-1/#comment-1473</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Rodda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Orwellwasright ...

When MRFF first began revealing this stuff, Mikey Weinstein was contacted by two Bush administration senior national security officials, one civilian and one military. These officials urged Mikey to keep doing what we were doing, telling him that what we were revealing was already being used by extremists as recruiting propaganda. They were finding this stuff on the internet BEFORE we started writing about it, and will continue to look for it and find it whether I write about it or not. Very simply, if we can find it, they can find it. By revealing what we have found, MRFF has managed to get much of this potential propaganda material removed from the web.


Strangerthanfiction ...

I have two questions for you.

1.) The shipping of any religious materials contrary to Islam into Iraq is prohibited, except for materials for the personal use of our troops. How would materials in Arabic on how to be saved be considered in any way for the personal use of our troops?

2.) You claim that your husband was only giving these materials to Iraqis who were already Christians. If they were ALREADY Christians, why was it necessary for your husband to give them materials on how to become Christians?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Orwellwasright &#8230;</p>
<p>When MRFF first began revealing this stuff, Mikey Weinstein was contacted by two Bush administration senior national security officials, one civilian and one military. These officials urged Mikey to keep doing what we were doing, telling him that what we were revealing was already being used by extremists as recruiting propaganda. They were finding this stuff on the internet BEFORE we started writing about it, and will continue to look for it and find it whether I write about it or not. Very simply, if we can find it, they can find it. By revealing what we have found, MRFF has managed to get much of this potential propaganda material removed from the web.</p>
<p>Strangerthanfiction &#8230;</p>
<p>I have two questions for you.</p>
<p>1.) The shipping of any religious materials contrary to Islam into Iraq is prohibited, except for materials for the personal use of our troops. How would materials in Arabic on how to be saved be considered in any way for the personal use of our troops?</p>
<p>2.) You claim that your husband was only giving these materials to Iraqis who were already Christians. If they were ALREADY Christians, why was it necessary for your husband to give them materials on how to become Christians?</p>
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		<title>By: Orwellwasright</title>
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		<dc:creator>Orwellwasright</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is self evident to me that Chris has very little knowledge of the Muslim world, and of Islam.  Nor does she seem to grasp the fact that the very thing she claims she is seeking to prevent, is actually being fueled by the articles she publishes.  Like dumping raw gas on an open fire.  

Aside from the standard lefty organizations here in America, you will find her articles in Al-Jazeera, middle east online, Pakistan daily and too many more to name.  She has shown herself as wreck less and sensationalizes her content without contemplating the consequences of her own actions. It is this carelessness that further places our sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers in the line of fire and for that she should reconsider her actions

Bottom Line is that by sensationalizing her stories, she is giving the radical elements of Islam inspiration to kill more US and allied soldiers as her articles receive more attention in the Middle East Arab nations than in the USA.  Thanks for being such a stand up American Chris!  Many of these soldiers serving in the areas where your articles are published are not Christian either.  They are Jews, Catholics, atheists, Muslims, Mormons, and so on.  But does she care?  I remain skeptical.  I do not think she wishes to intentionally increase our soldiers burdens, but if she is ignorant of the fruits of her actions as it applies to our soldiers, then it is willful ignorance and therefore inexcusable.

Here is Chris&#039; international audience everyone:  Just 3 examples of many, many more I could provide.  

Here is one from Afghan voice:  I bet our troops loved seeing this one come out while their buddies were dying.  You do realize they have internet access there don’t you Chris?

http://www.afghanvoice.com/politics/international/10-ways-the-u.s.-military-has-shoved-christianity-down-muslims%27-throats-20090924875.html 

How about Pakistan?  Let’s try Pakistan shall we?

http://pakistanthinktank.org/v2/section-table/44-religion/287-21st-century-crusadersonward-christian-soldiers-marching-as-to-war 

Then we have Al-Jazeera-  Nice reference for you Chris!

http://aljazeera.com/news/articles/42/The-Crusade-for-a-Christian-military.html


Your articles have placed incalculably more troops at greater risk than any bible toting soldier, and by a long shot and you know that, don&#039;t you Chris?  Part of me wonders if you aren’t actually playing  a role in elevating tensions between Muslims and Christians as the logic behind this is a sure non-starter unless that was the end goal.  I doubt this is the case, but I hope you see you are in err.

You will be answering to these troops when they return as well as the families, wives and children of those who gave all.  What are you going to say to them?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is self evident to me that Chris has very little knowledge of the Muslim world, and of Islam.  Nor does she seem to grasp the fact that the very thing she claims she is seeking to prevent, is actually being fueled by the articles she publishes.  Like dumping raw gas on an open fire.  </p>
<p>Aside from the standard lefty organizations here in America, you will find her articles in Al-Jazeera, middle east online, Pakistan daily and too many more to name.  She has shown herself as wreck less and sensationalizes her content without contemplating the consequences of her own actions. It is this carelessness that further places our sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers in the line of fire and for that she should reconsider her actions</p>
<p>Bottom Line is that by sensationalizing her stories, she is giving the radical elements of Islam inspiration to kill more US and allied soldiers as her articles receive more attention in the Middle East Arab nations than in the USA.  Thanks for being such a stand up American Chris!  Many of these soldiers serving in the areas where your articles are published are not Christian either.  They are Jews, Catholics, atheists, Muslims, Mormons, and so on.  But does she care?  I remain skeptical.  I do not think she wishes to intentionally increase our soldiers burdens, but if she is ignorant of the fruits of her actions as it applies to our soldiers, then it is willful ignorance and therefore inexcusable.</p>
<p>Here is Chris&#8217; international audience everyone:  Just 3 examples of many, many more I could provide.  </p>
<p>Here is one from Afghan voice:  I bet our troops loved seeing this one come out while their buddies were dying.  You do realize they have internet access there don’t you Chris?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.afghanvoice.com/politics/international/10-ways-the-u.s.-military-has-shoved-christianity-down-muslims%27-throats-20090924875.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.afghanvoice.com/politics/international/10-ways-the-u.s.-military-has-shoved-christianity-down-muslims%27-throats-20090924875.html</a> </p>
<p>How about Pakistan?  Let’s try Pakistan shall we?</p>
<p><a href="http://pakistanthinktank.org/v2/section-table/44-religion/287-21st-century-crusadersonward-christian-soldiers-marching-as-to-war" rel="nofollow">http://pakistanthinktank.org/v2/section-table/44-religion/287-21st-century-crusadersonward-christian-soldiers-marching-as-to-war</a> </p>
<p>Then we have Al-Jazeera-  Nice reference for you Chris!</p>
<p><a href="http://aljazeera.com/news/articles/42/The-Crusade-for-a-Christian-military.html" rel="nofollow">http://aljazeera.com/news/articles/42/The-Crusade-for-a-Christian-military.html</a></p>
<p>Your articles have placed incalculably more troops at greater risk than any bible toting soldier, and by a long shot and you know that, don&#8217;t you Chris?  Part of me wonders if you aren’t actually playing  a role in elevating tensions between Muslims and Christians as the logic behind this is a sure non-starter unless that was the end goal.  I doubt this is the case, but I hope you see you are in err.</p>
<p>You will be answering to these troops when they return as well as the families, wives and children of those who gave all.  What are you going to say to them?</p>
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		<title>By: Strangerthanfiction</title>
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		<dc:creator>Strangerthanfiction</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am the wife of the Chaplain Mickel quoted in your article. Let me set the record straight on the supposed prostelytizing that my husband is accussed by you (without further research than quoting part of an IMF publication) of doing in Iraq in 2003. First of all, we are not fundamentalist Christians, whatever your take is on IMF. We believe EVERYONE has a right to practice their religion, or no religion, however they choose, and that includes the Iraqi people. You are right that the military should not be used to force or coerce people to convert to any religion. However, Iraq has its own Christians. Not everyone in Ad Dawr is Sunni Muslim, and even if they are, don&#039;t they have a right to choose Christianity if they want to??? If they are curious about the Bible, why can&#039;t they have one to read??? Giving out food is hardly coercion. They can take it or leave it. Same with the Bibles. Bibles were not brought in illegally under Chaplain Mickel&#039;s watch. What other chaplains have done -- as described in your article, if true -- is a separate issue, and one that we do not agree with. As for the war and the occupation itself, we have our own opinions that do not necessarily match those of other chaplains. However, religious freedom is not freedom unless ALL religions are equally respected, including Christianity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am the wife of the Chaplain Mickel quoted in your article. Let me set the record straight on the supposed prostelytizing that my husband is accussed by you (without further research than quoting part of an IMF publication) of doing in Iraq in 2003. First of all, we are not fundamentalist Christians, whatever your take is on IMF. We believe EVERYONE has a right to practice their religion, or no religion, however they choose, and that includes the Iraqi people. You are right that the military should not be used to force or coerce people to convert to any religion. However, Iraq has its own Christians. Not everyone in Ad Dawr is Sunni Muslim, and even if they are, don&#8217;t they have a right to choose Christianity if they want to??? If they are curious about the Bible, why can&#8217;t they have one to read??? Giving out food is hardly coercion. They can take it or leave it. Same with the Bibles. Bibles were not brought in illegally under Chaplain Mickel&#8217;s watch. What other chaplains have done &#8212; as described in your article, if true &#8212; is a separate issue, and one that we do not agree with. As for the war and the occupation itself, we have our own opinions that do not necessarily match those of other chaplains. However, religious freedom is not freedom unless ALL religions are equally respected, including Christianity.</p>
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		<title>By: dobropet</title>
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		<dc:creator>dobropet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree, once the satisfaction of affirming the beliefs of the ideas that this war is religion based then the people of America will wake up cognizant of the realities faced with this war and its atrocities.

Thus, alotting for individuals to discern what is truly encompassed within the framework of the war on terror. It is most definitely the war on Islam. For as long as Chrisitianity reigns within America, Islam will be evermore on the offensive.

As for that worse case scenario, it has culminated with the infiltration of our society by those practicing the divine word in the name of Allah. &quot;Taqiyya.&quot;

Rifqa Bary, Aqsa Parvez, Norr Faleh Almaleki all, of which(and there&#039;s many more), either suffered at the hands of Islamic parentage or shall suffer at their hands. And any attempt to stop the killings, here in America, will only aid them in their quest for equality under due process of our laws:

 http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=113710

:frightening, to say the least.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree, once the satisfaction of affirming the beliefs of the ideas that this war is religion based then the people of America will wake up cognizant of the realities faced with this war and its atrocities.</p>
<p>Thus, alotting for individuals to discern what is truly encompassed within the framework of the war on terror. It is most definitely the war on Islam. For as long as Chrisitianity reigns within America, Islam will be evermore on the offensive.</p>
<p>As for that worse case scenario, it has culminated with the infiltration of our society by those practicing the divine word in the name of Allah. &#8220;Taqiyya.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rifqa Bary, Aqsa Parvez, Norr Faleh Almaleki all, of which(and there&#8217;s many more), either suffered at the hands of Islamic parentage or shall suffer at their hands. And any attempt to stop the killings, here in America, will only aid them in their quest for equality under due process of our laws:</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=113710" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=113710</a></p>
<p>:frightening, to say the least.</p>
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		<title>By: Hipple, Rev Paul T</title>
		<link>http://pubrecord.org/commentary/5385/convince-muslims-were-religious/comment-page-1/#comment-1418</link>
		<dc:creator>Hipple, Rev Paul T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Face it, the War on Christianity is fought on multiple fronts.  Somebody has to fight the muslims and the degree to which we can attack them with Christian PsyOps is the degree to which our special forces boys and girls are that much safer.

Let&#039;s assume, for the sake of argument, that muslims actually find the actions of our US Armed Services objectionable--a premise that I actually reject, because as we all know, the Madras are about teaching homicide, not intelligence.  

But so what?

Worse case scenario, it will turn them off so bad they will emigrate to some eurosocialist country rather than try to cross the US borders.  And we should do whatever we can to make certain muslims become a europroblem, not an American Crisis.  If that includes proving that their violent religion pales in God&#039;s Eye to Christianity, so be it.

What part of tumbling World Trade Center tower(s) do you not understand??</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Face it, the War on Christianity is fought on multiple fronts.  Somebody has to fight the muslims and the degree to which we can attack them with Christian PsyOps is the degree to which our special forces boys and girls are that much safer.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s assume, for the sake of argument, that muslims actually find the actions of our US Armed Services objectionable&#8211;a premise that I actually reject, because as we all know, the Madras are about teaching homicide, not intelligence.  </p>
<p>But so what?</p>
<p>Worse case scenario, it will turn them off so bad they will emigrate to some eurosocialist country rather than try to cross the US borders.  And we should do whatever we can to make certain muslims become a europroblem, not an American Crisis.  If that includes proving that their violent religion pales in God&#8217;s Eye to Christianity, so be it.</p>
<p>What part of tumbling World Trade Center tower(s) do you not understand??</p>
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