[Vision2020] Humane interrogations work

[g. crabtree]

"Christianity has a history at least as bloody and violent as Islam,
but Christianity is nearly seven centuries older, so it has had the
opportunity to evolve and mature.  Further, Islam was pummeled by the
Crusades, which lasted from the 11th century until the end of the
17th, courtesy of Christianity.  As the US identifies itself as the
most Christian nation on earth, why are we surprised when they believe
us?"

Really? Near as I can tell from the reading I have done the Muslims gave
pretty much as good as they got during much of what is considered to have
been the crusades. Is it now your argument that an immature and unevolved
faithful is still fighting this conflict and that even though not a single
crusade was launched out of North America, we somehow bear responsibility
for western European actions that occurred before our nation was born? I've
got to tell you it seems to me that an awful lot of effort is being expended
to set The United States up as the evil aggressor bad guy and to give those
poor misunderstood militant Islamists a bye.

g

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
To: "g. crabtree" <jampot at roadrunner.com>
Cc: <garrettmc at verizon.net>; "vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>; "Sunil 
Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Humane interrogations work


On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 19:09, g. crabtree <jampot at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> I believe that the enemy we are at war with does in fact hate our freedoms 
> and values and resents its own lack stature in the world, particularly in 
> light of what it sees as its former glory.

I'm sorry, Gary, I consider you a smart guy, but that seems to me both
egocentric and naïve, sort of along the lines of Freud's belief that
women unconsciously envied penises.

> The inescapable conclusion a rational person will come to is that militant 
> Islam and
> wahabaism are the common denominator and I firmly believe that you can 
> offer
> up all the maudlin mea culpas and a truck load of tearful apologies and it 
> won't
> reduce the terrorism one little bit.

Yes, militant Islam and wahabism are often the common denominator,
because we have fired them in the same crucible.  When I say "we," I
am not blaming the US, at least not exclusively.  But we are the
800-pound gorilla, so we attract a lot of attention, in the same way
that Wal-Mart, Disney, and Microsoft attract attention.

Christianity has a history at least as bloody and violent as Islam,
but Christianity is nearly seven centuries older, so it has had the
opportunity to evolve and mature.  Further, Islam was pummeled by the
Crusades, which lasted from the 11th century until the end of the
17th, courtesy of Christianity.  As the US identifies itself as the
most Christian nation on earth, why are we surprised when they believe
us?

Most Muslims are as peaceable as most Christians, which is pretty
amazing, all things considered.  Anne Coulter sure hasn't helped
matters, with her comment, "We should invade their countries, kill
their leaders and convert them to Christianity."

Chas