Do You Fear That Islamic Fundamentalists Will Start WWIII ???

by minimus 93 Replies latest jw friends

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  DanTheMan

  Based on the media images that flicker across the various TV screens that I encounter every day, it would seem that the Middle East has millions upon millions of *very* angry young men. I am scared. It seems that they are drunk on the idea of a massive slaughter of non-Muslims.

  I can't see how our economy can take another war. Here's my foil-hat scenario:

  War with Iran, Syria, et al

  Wall Street tanking like it never has b4

  America in shambles

  Xtian fundy takeover of American Gov't, creation of an Orwellian theocratic police state

  China bails our a$$es out in the Middle East and the USA becomes a fundy backwater with millions dead from suicide and starvation, while China becomes the dominant world power

  Yeah, it's fun being me
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  Woodsman

  Undercover,

  Is that true about the Duke?
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  Buster

  Ballistic:

  If I start sending "joke" emails which are un-diverse or deride people's religions from my corporate mailbox, I can be fired. Why do the media think they can print whatever they want with impunity?

  Don't equate your company's privilege to regulate your personal use of their equipment with the free press' rights and obligations to print the news.

  If we do find ourselves in an escalated conflict, it will be because the West showed weakness and cowardice while hiding behind PC sentiments.
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  undercover

  Don't know. But lets say Iran somehow attacked Israel - eve nthough they have nothing to do with cartoons - Isareal would retaliate with Nukes -Arab neighbors would come to the defense of Iran - the US would come in on Israels side - or at least help -- -and - and it will progress from there

  Much of the Arab world depends on Western dependance on their oil to keep their economies alive. To bite the hand that feeds it is not only economic suicide it would be political suicide as well.

  Because if all out war were to happen, say Western allies against the Arab world, it would play into the Allies hands better than say, Iraq, where the pretense was to bring "freedom" to the people. Now, it can be invade, conquer and rule. Take over the oil fields, create cheap fuel for Allied homelands and make the Arab world subjects to the Western super-powers. There would be no democracies set up. It would be a slave/master situation. It would send the Arab world back over 100 years in time. The oil rich leaders know that they have to tiptoe around this. They wink at the extremeists but they kiss the ass of the oil purchasers. They don't want the Allied war machine on their soil.
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  blondie

  If only the non-military population realized how often the reality of a nuclear holocaust was on their doorstep. Ignorance is bliss. Now growing up in a military family, I always knew when things were hot, they closed the base schools, sent us home, told us we couldn't play outside, couldn't get groceries (we shared with the neighbors in our apartment building), and heard the jets flying overhead in great numbers and at times they hadn't before.

  I worry more about a small "dirty" bomb incident.

  We can't leave empty boxes in the halls any more; the cleaning crew are afraid they're bombs.

  Blondie
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  minimus

  A dirty bomb is certainly something a smaller group could pull off.
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  undercover

  Is that true about the Duke?

  The original press story said he tried to enlist but was deferred because of an old football injury and because of having four kids.

  But since then it's been stated that he sought the 3-A status and once he made the big time he would serve later, but never did.

  The truth may lie somewhere in between...
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  ballistic

  Buster,

  Don't equate your company's privilege to regulate your personal use of their equipment with the free press' rights and obligations to print the news.

  It's more likely that the company knows such emails can cause offense and they'd get their arses sued if it ended up in the inbox of a muslim employee. The press certainly don't have an obligation to print offensive or racist material.
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  Buster

  Ballistic:

  It's more likely that the company knows such emails can cause offense and they'd get their arses sued if it ended up in the inbox of a muslim employee.

  The above is completely off the point. You were equating free press with corporate e-mail. You were wrong.

  The press certainly don't have an obligation to print offensive or racist material.

  Wrong, wrong, wrong. A free press is obligated to print news. The PC sentiments somehow convinced way too many that it should be sugarcoated. Satirical commentary, in the form of cartoons, is a long-standing editorial tool. Infringe on that and you might as well bring back Mussolini.
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  Gerard

  In Tehran, Golamhossein Elham, the Iranian government spokesman, said: "It was an ugly measure. The Islamic republic of Iran is prepared to sacrifice its life for its belief in Islam and the honour of the Holy Prophet." > From Aljazeera

  http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BDE659AF-5DD4-4DFB-AD2E-BD69D8ADFECB.htm