Convert Islam - Decision Time on Iran
Decision Time on Iran
[NY Sun headline: “U.N. Indecision on Iran Leaves Bush With Tough Choices”] As the Iranian government announced last week a doubling of its uranium enrichment program, the United Nations Security Council bickered over a feeble European draft resolution. It would do no more than prohibit Iranian students from studying nuclear physics abroad, deny visas for Iranians working in the nuclear area, and end foreign assistance for Iran’s nuclear program, oh, except from Russia.
(Gespalder/14002) - Is it said anywhere in Islam that a Muslim should visit those areas?
Is it said anywhere in Islam that a Muslim should visit those areas? Sorta like it says a Muslim should do the Hajj (if they are able)
Op Eds Now More Central in War than Bullets
[NY Sun title: The West Must Learn The Public Relations of War] Soldiers, sailors, and airmen once determined the outcome of warfare, but no longer. Today, television producers, columnists, preachers, and politicians have the pivotal role in deciding how well the West fights. This shift has deep implications. In a conventional conflict like World War II, fighting had two premises so basic, they went nearly unnoticed. The first: Conventional armed forces engage in an all-out fight for victory.
(FoxMulder/13974) - Surely part of the value of a religious text would be its innerancy? At least,
Surely part of the value of a religious text would be its innerancy? At least, if it had innerancy. Otherwise, how do you know whether to do what it says? "Thou shalt not commit adultery"? Yes, but, are you sure we have to?
In Iraq, Stay the Course - but Change It
As coalition policy reaches a crisis, may I resurrect an idea I have been flogging since April 2003? It offers a way out of the current debate over staying the course (as President George W. Bush has long advocated) or withdrawing troops on a short timetable (as his critics demand). My solution splits the difference, “Stay the course but change the course.” I suggest pulling coalition forces out of the inhabited areas of Iraq and redeploying them to the desert.
(Pluck Duck/13982) - Feb 14, 2007 20:34 from Wicked Wizard
Feb 14, 2007 20:34 from Wicked Wizard "When, years later, that hadn't happened, Sara convinced Abraham to go sleep with her maidservant to get his son, and suddenly that's how Isaac was born." I am assuming this was meant to say "Ishmael." Feb 14, 2007 20:38 from Gespalder WW> I would assume so. Even I missed that one. But then again, I read the whole page and was often shaking my head at his bias (in his commentary) Hm...I dunno...Maybe because, when WW brings up a quote from my post and corrects a typo for me, and you, the NEXT POST agree with his correction, say you missed it when you read it, and then immediatly say you probably missed it because you were shaking your head at the bias in whole page, it kind of suggests that you're following the same subject. You know, what with it all being in the same paragraph, two sentences back to back with no identifier suggesting a change and all. I say bull crap. You were talking about my post and are trying to cover your tracks, now. That, or you couldn't read for context in his post. You pick.
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