US Ambassador killed in Libya

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by PaulS

I agree - the Christian Right had to know that this would inflame tensions in the Muslim world and w/Romney's low poll numbers maybe they thought some dead Americans would help Romney's poll numbers - sad to have that type of thinking.

What did the Christian Right have to do with this to get dragged in to the conversation?

BTW - Got the Cuttyhunk Flask open

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by JohnR

What did the Christian Right have to do with this to get dragged in to the conversation?

I'm going to generalize in all my posts today.

From what I heard the nutjob who produced the video was a Coptic Christian (which means some of their churches will prob. be burned down in Egypt soon) who was associated w/that whack job Terry Jones (I believe that was his name). He is the one who had a day to burn the Koran about a year about?

BTW - Got the Cuttyhunk Flask open

Fill it w/whiskey for the Boy Scout trips

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by PaulS

Fill it w/whiskey for the Boy Scout trips

Paul, first of all, a movie that diaparages a religion is not justifiable reason to commit acts of terrorism.

Second, latest reports suggest that the Libyan attack was a planned operation, and had absolutely nothing to do with the youtube video.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Paul, first of all, a movie that diaparages a religion is not justifiable reason to commit acts of terrorism.

Second, latest reports suggest that the Libyan attack was a planned operation, and had absolutely nothing to do with the youtube video.

And it also appears it was likely not an organic thing from the general population of Libya

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

And it also appears it was likely not an organic thing from the general population of Libya

What's your point?

I concede that not every single citizen of Libya wants to kill Americans. Not every single Muslim wants to kill Americans. But there are, what, 2 billion Muslims in the world, so if 1% are sympathetic to the cause of jihadists, that's 20 million jihadists. The fact that there are peaceful Muslims out there, doesn't make me feel better. In fact, it makes me feel worse, because if every single Muslim was a jihadist, then the problem would be very easy to solve...reduce the nuclear aresnal by a few warheads...