On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:57:27 -0800, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Stephen Trapani" wrote in message
...
Larry wrote:
Stephen Trapani wrote in news:Cegbl.21426
:

When we see Israel and the US setting up a secular/democratic society,
were the vast majority of citizens subject their religious books to
rational criticism and reject the parts that are racist or wrong in
some
way, we shouldn't condemn those societies because they still follow
parts of those books, we should congratulate them for making progress
out of the dark ages and do everything we can to help them flourish,
especially when they are surrounded by extremists who want their own
version of the dark ages to return.

Stephen



I think my ideas are better. America simply EXTRICATES itself from
foreign entanglements and LEAVES EVERYONE ELSE ALONE!


All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.

Stephen


Here here.

Agreed.

I don't want to re-start the middle-east wars but to someone living
out side the U.S. the whole thing is simply incomprehensible. And not
as though there weren't problems at home. We watched the New Orleans
fiasco (for want of a better word) with amazement.
Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)