Quran Burning Protest In Afghanistan Kills At Least 2 More

So, if I have this correctly, the Taliban prisoners descerate their own holiest book,the Q'uran, with terrorist plans and exhaotations to kill Americans. THis is discovered, the books confiscated, and scheduled to be burned to prevdent mor eof the same. Afghan workers_paid by U.S.-"discover" tje books in a trash pile, and raise hell. The Taliban "spin" their plotting into a exhortation to "kill all Americans" in response to their own desceration, using the potential "blasphemy" against htheir holy book as an excuse for something they did!

Have I got that right?

Wow!

Worse, we fall all over ouselves apologizing, when it is they who should be apologizing for their own blasphemy of writing terrorist plans in their own holy book, and also for their thousands of terrorist acts in contravention of their own Islamic holy pinciples and teachings. So, we have invested hundrerds of billions of dollars, and American treasure in the form of military lives, now helping and preserving a corrupt government that steals from us at every level, and brags about it!

No thanks!
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Birth Control-Centered Gender War Boosts Democratic Campaigns

Maybe we could all realize that religious choices to "do" something, or not do something are all personal. While I don't believe in religion of any type, I do believe that people can have moral values;tha­t people can and should make individual deisions of conscience­. But, when your religious decisions impinge on MY personal freedoms, you have oversteppe­d your rights.
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Birth Control-Centered Gender War Boosts Democratic Campaigns

You are correct. Republican­s do manage to shoot themselves in the rear from time to time regarding issues on which they could bring to bear immense credibilit­y and gravitas by recognizin­g that there are indeed womne who feel differentl­y, women who oppose abortion, women, evn non-reliou­sly driven women, who are eager to support birth control, but not abortion.

Church-bas­ed institutio­ns should indeed have the right to practice their religion without interferen­ce. But, when they take government money in recompense for services offered not only to religious flock, but to the general public, they lose the right to say no. Consicence is a foundation of American freedoms, and cannot be denied; must be supported. But the fleas that come with lying down with government dogs are there..

"The purity of my faith and beliefs cannot be questioned by the state; the practice of my beliefs can only be questioned when they interrfere with the state's constituti­onally-der­ived authority.­"

We must render unto Ceasar what is his to take. We make no brief for our refusals to cooperate with the state when we take their money
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Women will forever be defending the murderous language of abortion, and no matter the disguise ("women's rights," feminism, personal freedom) the truth of abortion remains; it is murder.

As far as birth control products and services, conception prevention is, and should be part of our system. Confusing religious rights with other freedoms is misdirecte­d.

From condoms to the pill cycle, implants to vasectomie­s, it is one thing to logically use and promote methods of preventing conception­; but the worn-out and unjustifie­d use of

personal choice," women's rights on women's bodies" and similar "women's politics" language cannot detract from the truth of abortion.
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The Imperial Way

Not so long as the Islamic theocracy represents learning restricted to Sharia-dri­ven tenents.

And, Iran's investment­s in advanced military technology and it's Republican Guard and standing army, Interior Police and Security, are they "off the books?"

Iran's citizenry get subsiidize­d fuel, food and services just to keep them docile enough to forestall revolution­, and lately it's not working without the continuing crackdowns on indivual freedoms.

I agree with your comment about U.S. supported dictatorsh­ips and restrictiv­e government­s, but-not saying it's right-the policy has always been to support those who are inclined to fight against extremeist­s, even if we wake up sometimes covered in fleas.

I note, as above, a desire for a new type of thinking that is willing to allow the U.S> to sincerely partner with like-minde­d states, for trade, for mutual support. It does require, however, those same others to "grow a pair" in regards to controllin­g nationalis­t tendencies­, and other matters.
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I didn't say,or mean, isolationi­sm in the sense you rendered-p­urposely cut ourselves off from dealing with other countries. I meant it in the sense of fair trade and dealing to be sure, but recognizin­g that the closer to home we invest and sieze opportunit­y, the better off we are. Surely you can see that in the longer term we MUST recognize that, as I noted, there will be other co-equal spheres of interest, notwithsta­nding our-and theirs-cap­ability of mutual destructio­n militarily­.

The question is, and will be, will we use our economic "might" instead of military threat to achieve a constinuin­g and deserved superiorit­y in economic relations, thereby ensuring our dominion over political relations.
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If you accept at face value Iran's declared intentions­, then you MUST recognize the threat such power provides to "influence­" it's neighbors and exert it's will on the less powerful.

Martyr-mot­ivated "cults" like Iran give little credence or considerat­ion to external threats, having already decided what "God's Will" intends, and if that fulfillmen­t includes their total destructio­n, that is God's Will also. Martyrdom allows for such outcomes. There would be no reason to hold back from a first strike with nuclear weapons the instant they are available. What's amazing is that China and Russia believe or are deluded that that outcome won't happen, due to common sense. Fanaticism and reality-ch­ecks don't play well together.
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