Burgy,
If Thompson had said something comparable about Al Qaeda in the presence
of Usama bin Laden, or about the Taliban in Afghanistan, or about Saddam
Hussein in Iraq, or about the Ayatollah or the imams in Iran, would he
ever return to his natal land? Would he ever speak again? Have you not
heard that it is a capital offense for a national to be a Christian in
Afghanistan? I note that there was, at one time, a goodly number of
Christian Arabs living in the West Bank. Now there are virtually none.
Why are only Muslims left? Something similar is happening in Northern
Nigeria. In the Sudan, Christians and pagans from the south are enslaved
by the Moslems who rule from the north. Need I expand this list? There
are many other persecuted brethren and sisters for who we should pray.
Would Gandhi's or Mandela's nonviolent approach have worked in China, the
Soviet Union, North Korea, any of the Soviet satellites, or any of the
Islamic states? No wonder Preston Garrison calls him mendacious. But we
put up with lying fools.
Dave
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