On 9/25/2013 9:15 AM, John H wrote:
On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:15:34 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" nowayalso.jose.com wrote:
wrote in message ...
On Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:26:44 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 9/24/13 5:20 PM, wrote:
We should be starting to get a grudging respect for the way they
held
down all of those crazy people in Eastern Europe and the caucuses
for
all of those cold war years.
You really seem to have an affinity for tight-fisted police states.
Is
that part of being a conservative?
When the alternative is genocide and never ending war, you bet your
ass.
Tito was a prick but the people who rose up after the Soviets left
were worse. Is the Ayatollah better than the Shah? (for anyone but the
most radical muslim fundamentalists).
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Some people are very critical of US installed or supported "puppet"
leaders like the Shah, but there has been a long history of interest
in attempting to control the growth and influence of religiously
motivated Islamic Fundamentalists. It worked for many years but we
are losing that fight and ability. The Shah may have been corrupt but
he was predictable and had some semblance of control. The world is
certainly not safer when religious zealots take over, especially those
who are fundamentalists in the Islam teachings and beliefs.
Remember, Harry is of the opinion that the religious zealots causing problems in the world are
Christians.
Yeah, while hundreds of Christian churches are being burned, 100,000
displaced in Egypt... South America, etc.. The Muslim religion of hate
and intolerance is pushing this issue....