Stephen Trapani wrote in news:Cegbl.21426
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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!

The Taliban never attacked a single American. Hell, our CIA was the
reason, just like the Shah, they were in power in the first place.

I don't care if your country is ruled by a fire-breathing, 2-headed
dragon as long as he doesn't bother my country. That worked JUST FINE
for America until the Jews dragged us into European wars in the last
century.

"We can't do that" is nonsense. Let's see....take any non-warlord
country...hmmmm...Bahamas. Bahamas minds its own business, has no huge
military monster eating up its wealth, hands out no money to any other
country at its citizens' expense and not a single country on Earth
threatens Bahamas with war/terrorism/economic strangulation/etc.
Bahamas is not under any threat from Taliban, Islam, Jews, Buddists,
Iran, Saddam, Al Queda, North Korea, Communist China....noone. Why?
Because Bahamas minds its own business and threatens NOONE. Bahamas
doesn't take sides with every little conflict and doesn't FINANCE this
side or that side to make enemies with anyone. It's NEUTRAL, though
leans a bit towards the UK. What the hell would the USA do with all the
money it saved by NOT trying to be Israel's World Police Force?!

Yep, we should be exactly like Bahamas....NEUTRAL....selfishly
independent....

We wouldn't be the enemy of every despot on the planet worrying if he is
next for the CIA's death squads. We could travel and they'd say, "Oh,
you're from the Bahamas? You're OK in our book." Noone I can ever
remember burned a Bahamas flag in Effigy or threatened it. Bahamas is
everybody's friend!