Should We Continue to Invest in Islamic Iraq After the RV?

[Discipledan]

A Warning to Americans

by Andrew G. Bostom

Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders gave a speech last evening in Nashville at the Cornerstone Church, reproduced, below.

James Freeman Clarke (1810-1888), was an American theologian, philosopher, author, and abolitionist. He also became one of the first American scholars to study and write about Eastern religions, including, notably, Islam. Freeman Clarke’s 1883 “Ten Great Religions,” includes this remarkably compendious assessment of Islam—a most fitting introduction to Wilders speech:

The religion of Mohammed is the exact opposite to that of Greece. If the Greek faith was inspired by humanity, variety, and freedom, that of Islam taught unity, submission, and the absolute sovereignty of one God. Every Mohammedan was the servant of the one true God, and his mission was to convert the world to Allah and to his prophet.

Islam saw God, but not man; saw the claims of deity, not the rights of humanity; saw authority, failed to see freedom,—therefore hardened into despotism…

Speech by Geert Wilders, Cornerstone Church, Nashville, 12 May 2011

Dear friends from Tennessee. I am very happy to be in your midst today. I am happy and proud to be in this impressive church.

My friends, I am here to speak words of truth and freedom.

Do you know why America is in a better state than Europe? Because you enjoy more freedom than Europeans.

And do you know why Americans enjoy more freedom than Europeans? Because you are still allowed to tell the truth.

In Europe and Canada people are dragged to court for telling the truth about Islam.

I, too, have been dragged to court. I am an elected member of the house of representatives in the Netherlands. I am currently standing in court like a common criminal for saying that Islam is a dangerous totalitarian ideology rather than a religion.

The court case is still pending, but I risk a jail sentence of 16 months.

Last week, my friend Lars Hedegaard, a journalist from Denmark, was fined because in a private conservation, which was recorded without his knowing, he had criticised the way women are treated in Islamic societies.

Recently, another friend, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, a human rights activist from Austria, was fined because she had criticised islam’s founder Muhammad. She had said that Muhammad was a pedophile because he had married a 6-year old girl and raped her when she was 9.

Unfortunately, there are many similar cases.

I am especially happy to be in your midst because here I can say what I want to say without having to fear that I will be dragged to court upon leaving this church.

My dear American friends, you cannot imagine how we envy your First Amendment. The day when America follows the example of Europe and Canada and introduces so-called “hate speech crimes” which is only used to punish people who are critical of Islam, that day America will have lost its freedom.

My friends, let us hope that this never happens.

Last week, we celebrated Liberation Day in the Netherlands. We celebrated the liberation from the Nazi occupation in 1945. Many American soldiers, including many young Tennesseans, played a decisive role in the liberation of the Netherlands from Nazi tyranny. We are immensely grateful for that. Young Americans gave their lives so that the Dutch might be free. I assure you: The Dutch people will never forget this.

Unfortunately, however, the Europe which your fathers and grandfathers fought and died for is not the Europe we are living in today.

I travel the world to tell people what Europe has become. I wish I could take you all on a visit to my country and show you what Europe has become. It has changed beyond recognition as a result of mass immigration. And not just any mass immigration, but mass immigration driven by the dangerous force of Islam.

My friends, I am sorry. I am here today with an unpleasant message. I am here with a warning. I am here with a battle cry: “Wake up, Christians of Tennessee. Islam is at your gate.” Do not make the mistake which Europe made. Do not allow Islam to gain a foothold here.

Islam is dangerous. Islam wants to establish a state on earth, ruled by Islamic sharia law. Islam aims for the submission, whether by persuasion, intimidation or violence, of all non-Muslims, including Christians.

The results can be seen in Europe.

Islam is an ideology of conquest. It uses two methods to achieve this goal: the first method is the sword. Do you know what figures on the flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a country where Christian churches are banned and Christians are not even allowed to wear a tiny crucifix? There is a huge sword on that flag, just below the Islamic creed. The message is clear. Without the sword Islam would not have been able to spread its creed.

The second method is immigration. Islam’s founder Muhammad himself taught his followers how to conquer through immigration when they moved from Mecca to Medina. This phenomenon of conquest through immigration is called al-Hijra. My learned friend Sam Solomon has written a perfect book about it.

I had a copy of Sam’s book sent to all the members of the Dutch Parliament. But most of them are worse than Saint-Thomas in the Bible. Thomas did not believe what he had not seen. Most politicians refuse to believe the things they see before their very eyes.

In Europe we have been experiencing al-Hijra for over 30 years now. Many of our cities have changed beyond recognition. “In each one of our cities” wrote the well-known Italian author Oriana Fallaci shortly before her death in 2006, “there is a second city, a state within the state, a government within the government. A Muslim city, a city ruled by the Koran.” – end of quote.

How did the Europeans get into this situation? It is partly our own fault because we have foolishly adopted the concept of cultural relativism, which manifests itself in the ideology of multiculturalism.

Cultural relativism advocates that all cultures are equal. However, cultures wither away and die if people no longer believe that its values are better than those of another culture.

Islam is spreading like wildfire wherever people lack the guts to say that their values are better than the Islamic values.

Islam is spreading like wildfire because the Koran explicitly tells Muslims that they are “the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind” and that non-Muslims are “the worst of creatures.”

Islam is spreading like wildfire everywhere in the West where political, academic, cultural and media elites lack the guts to proudly proclaim, as I believe we all should proclaim:

Our Judeo-Christian Western culture is far better and far superior to the Islamic culture. We must be proud to say so!

Multiculturalism is a disaster. Almost everyone acknowledges this today, but few dare say why. Let me tell you why: Multiculturalism made us tolerate the intolerant, and now intolerance is annihilating tolerance.

We should, in the name of tolerance, claim the right not to tolerate the intolerant. Let us no longer be afraid and politically correct, let us be brave and bold. Let us tell the truth about Islam.

Before I continue I want to make clear that I do not have a problem with people. I always make a distinction between the people and the ideology, between Muslims and Islam.

Indeed, I have no problems with Muslims, but I do have a problem with the totalitarian Islamic ideology of hate and violence. The fact that there are many so-called moderate Muslims, does not imply that there exists a moderate Islam. A moderate Islam does not exist and will never exist.

And because there is no such thing as a moderate Islam, the islamization of our free Western societies is an enormous danger.

Only two weeks ago, the British press revealed how the so-called “London Taliban” is threatening to kill women who do not wear veils in the London borough of Tower Hamlets.

In some neighbourhoods Islamic regulations are already being enforced, also on non-Muslims. Women’s rights are being trampled. We are confronted with headscarves and burqa’s, polygamy, female genital mutilation, honor-killings where men murder their wives, daughters or sisters because they do not behave in accordance with Islamic rules.

Polls show that the influence of those Muslims who live according to islam’s aggressive requirements is growing, especially among young people.

Among 15-year-old German Muslims, 40 percent consider islam more important than democracy.

Among Muslim university students in Britain, 40 percent support sharia. One in three of those students considers it legitimate to kill in the name of islam.

Christians are asked to follow the example of Jesus. Muslims are ordered to follow the example of Muhammad. That is why islam is dangerous. While Christianity preaches love, islam preached hatred and practizes violence. Hatred and violence for everyone who is not a Muslim.

Muhammad personally participated in the ethnic cleansing of Medina, where half the population once was Jewish. Muhammad helped to chop off their heads. On his deathbed, he ordered his followers to cleanse Arabia of all Jews and Christians.

To this very day, Christian symbols are prohibited in Saudi-Arabia. If you wear a cross in Saudi Arabia, they sent you to jail.

And now, Europe is beginning to look like Arabia.

Just today, a poll revealed that in Brussels, the capital of the European Union, half the islamic youths are anti-semitic. It is dangerous for Jews to walk the streets in Brussels.

If you wear a cross or a kippah in certain urban areas in Europe today, you risk being beaten up. In the capital of my own country, Amsterdam, a tram driver was forced to remove his crucifix from sight, while his Muslim colleagues are allowed to wear the veil.

In June 2008, the Christian church authorities in the Danish town of Arhus decided to pay so-called “protection money” to islamic so-called “security guards” who assure that church goers are not harassed by islamic youths.

On March 31st, 2010, Muslims entered the Roman Catholic cathedral of Cordoba, Spain, and attacked the guards with knives. They claimed the cathedral was theirs.

Last month, the bishops of Sweden sent out a letter to priests advising them to avoid converting asylum seekers from islamic countries to Christianity, because the converts would risk losing their lives.

In the Netherlands, the city authorities in Amsterdam register polygamous marriages. The authorities in Rotterdam serve only halal meals in municipal cafeterias. Theaters provide separate seats for women who are not allowed to sit next to men. Municipal swimming pools have separate swimming hours for men and women, Muslim lawyers do not have to stand when the judges enter court rooms.

Meanwhile Jews are no longer safe on our streets. In Amsterdam, the city of Anne Frank, Jews are again being harassed in the streets. Even political leaders acknowledged that life has become unsafe for Jews in Holland. Do you know what they said? They advised Jews to emigrate. Jews are already running for Israel. But I say: Jews must not leave, violent Muslims must leave!

What is needed, my friends, is a spirit of resistance.

I repeat: What we need is a spirit of resistance.

Why? Because resistance to evil is our moral duty. This resistance begins with expressing our solidarity to Christians, Jews, indeed, to all people worldwide, who are the victims of islam. There are millions of them.

We can see what islam has in store for us if we watch the fate of the Christians in the islamic world, such as the Copts in Egypt, the Maronites in Lebanon, the Assyrians in Iraq, and Christians elsewhere.

Almost every day, churches are arsoned and Christians are assassinated in islamic countries.

In a report on the persecution of Christians in the world, Archbishop Twal of Jerusalem, wrote recently– I quote: “In the Middle East to be Christian means accepting that you must make a great sacrifice. All too often and in many places, Christians suffer various threats. On some occasions, their homes and churches are burnt, and people are killed. How many atrocities must we endure before somebody somewhere comes to our aid?” – end of quote.

Indeed, how many atrocities before we come to their aid?

Rivers of tears are flowing from the Middle East, where there is only one safe haven for Christians. You know where that is. The only place in the Middle East where Christians are safe is Israel.

That is why Israel deserves our support. Israel is a safe haven for everyone, whatever their belief and opinions. Israel is a beacon of light in a region of total darkness. Israel is fighting our fight.

The jihad against Israel is a jihad against all of us. If Israel falls, we, too, will feel the consequences. If Jerusalem falls, Athens, Rome, Amsterdam and Nashville will fall. Therefore, we all are Israel. We should always support Israel!

Today, we are confronted with political unrest in the Arab countries. The Arab peoples long for freedom. However, the ideology and culture of islam is so deeply entrenched in these countries that real freedom is simply impossible as long as islam remains dominant.

A recent poll in post-revolution Egypt found that 85 percent of Egyptians are convinced that islam’s influence on politics is good, 82 percent believe that adulterers should be stoned, 84 percent want the death penalty for apostates. The press refers to the events in the Arab world today as the Arab spring. I call it the Arab winter.

Islam and freedom, islam and democracy are not compatible.

The death of Osama bin Laden last week was a victory for the free world, but we will be confronted with Islamic terrorism as long as islam exists, because islam’s founder Muhammad himself was a terrorist, worse than Bin Laden.

And here is another truth: The rise of islam means the rise of sharia law in our judicial systems. In Europe we already have sharia wills, sharia schools, sharia banks. Britain even has sharia courts.

In my own country, the Netherlands, sharia is being applied by the courts in cases relating to divorce, child custody, inheritance, and property ownership. Women are always the victims of this because sharia discriminates women.

This is a disgrace. This is not the way we should treat women.

My friends, I told you that we have just remembered Liberation Day to commemorate the young Americans and all the heroes who offered their lives to free the Netherlands from nazi tyranny. It would be an insult to them if we Europeans would give up that precious freedom for another totalitarian ideology called Islam.

That is the goal for which my party and I work day after day. And we are having success.

In the Netherlands, we are successfully starting to roll back islam. The current Dutch government is a minority government which can only survive with the backing of my party, the Party for Freedom.

We have 24 seats of the 150 seats in parliament and we support the government, in return for measures to prohibit certain aspects of sharia law.

We have achieved that the Netherlands will soon ban the burka and the niqaab.

We will also restrict immigration from non-Western countries by up to 50% in the next four years. We are not going to allow islam to steal our country from us. It was the land of our fathers, it is our land now, our values are based on Christianity, Judaism and Humanism and we will pass this on to our children with all the freedoms that the previous generations have fought for.

Let those who want to rob us from our freedoms, stay in their own countries. We do not need them. If you want to wear a burqa, stay in Saudi-Arabia. If you want four wives, stay in Iran. If you want to live in a country where the islamic ideology is dominant, stay in Pakistan, if you don’t want to assimilate in our society, stay in Somalia. But don’t come over here.

We are also going to strip criminals who have a double nationality – for instance Dutch and Moroccan, and who repeatedly commit serious crimes, of their Dutch nationality. We will send them packing, back to their homeland.

My friends, what the Party for Freedom has achieved, shows that it can be done. We can fight the islamization of our societies.

Dear friends, here is my warning. Make no mistake: Islam is also coming for America. In fact, it is already here. America is facing a stealth jihad, the islamic attempt to introduce sharia law bit by bit. Last March, a judge in Tampa, Florida, ruled that a lawsuit against a mosque and involving the control of 2.4 million dollars, should proceed under Islamic law.

My friends, be aware that this is only the beginning. This is also how it started in Europe. If things continue like this, you will soon have the same problems as we are currently facing.

Leaders who talk about immigration without mentioning islam are blind. They ignore the most important problem Europe and America are facing. I have a message for them: it’s islam stupid!

My friends, fortunately, not all politicians are irresponsible. Here, in Tennessee, brave politicians want to pass legislation which gives the state the power to declare organisations as terrorist groups and allowing material supporters of terrorism to be prosecuted. I applaud them for that. They are true heroes.

Yesterday and today, I met some of those brave legislators. They told me that Tennessee in particular is a target of islam. Help them win their battle.

They need your support.

While Tennessee is in the frontline, similar legislative initiatives are also being taken in the states of Oklahoma, Wyoming, South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Missouri, Arizona, Indiana. It is encouraging to see that so many politicians are willing to resist islam.

This gives us hope and courage. I am not a pessimist. We can still turn the tide – even in Europe – if we act today.

There are five things which we must do.

First, we must defend freedom of speech.

Freedom is the source of human creativity and development. People and nations wither away without the freedom to question what is presented to them as the truth.

Without freedom of speech we risk becoming slaves. Frederick Douglass, the 19th century black American politician, the son of a slave, said – I quote – “To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.”

I have already told you about my court case. This legal charade will not, however, prevent me from saying the truth. Never. I will speak out, even if they drag me before 500 courts and threaten to jail me for a thousand years.

The fact that we are being treated as criminals for telling the truth must not deter us. We are doomed if we remain silent or let ourselves be silenced. Let us not forget, this is our first and most important obligation: defend the right to speak the truth.

Second, we must end cultural relativism and political correctness. We must repeat it over and over again, especially to our children: Our Western culture based on Christianity and Judaism is superior to the islamic culture. Our laws are superior to sharia. Our judeo-christian values are better than islam’s totalitarian rules.

And because they are superior and better, we must defend them. We must fight for our own identity, or else we will lose it. We need to be warriors for the good, because the good is worth fighting for. Neutrality in the face of evil is evil.

Third, we must stop the islamization of our countries. More islam means less freedom. There is enough islam in the West already. We must stop immigration from non-Western countries, which are mostly islamic countries. We must expel criminal immigrants. We must forbid the construction of new hate palaces called mosques.

We must also close down all islamic schools because educating children in a spirit of hate is one of the worst things imaginable. We must introduce anti-sharia legislation everywhere in the free world. Enough is enough.

Fourth, we must take pride in our nations again. We must cherish and preserve the culture and identity of our country. Preserving our own culture and identity is the best antidote against islamization.

And fifth, last but certainly not least, we must elect wise and courageous leaders who are brave enough to address the problems which are facing us, including the threat of islam.

Politicians who have the courage to speak the truth about islam.

Politicians who dare to denounce the devastating results of the multicultural society.

Politicians who – without political correctness – say: enough is enough.

You and I, Americans and Europeans, we belong to a common Western culture. We share the ideas and ideals of our common Judeo-Christian heritage. In order to pass this heritage on to our children and grandchildren, we must stand together, side by side, in our struggle against Islamic barbarism.

That, my friends, is why I am here. I am here to forge an alliance. Our international freedom alliance. We must stand together for the Judeo-Christian West.

We will not allow islam to overrun Israel and Europe, the cradle of the judeo-Christian civilization.

My friends, we will stand together.

We will stand firm.

We will not submit. Never. Not in Israel, not in Europe, not in America. Nowhere.

We will survive.

We will stop islam.

We will defend our freedoms.

We will remain free.

Thank you.

[BanG]

Can you ever Summarize FFS! Like reading a novel. Interesting post but it does not belong in here. Peace.

[PacoTaco]

I fell asleep it was so long!

Go RV!!!

[derf6727]

I disagree. I think it should be posted every where. People should know what our country and all other countries are facing. If we don't wake up they will be knocking at our door. They are already trying in NYC at ground zero to build there Mosque and thrust there religion on us. No I really think this needs to be posted every where so all can see.

derf6727

[easyrider]

I don't support mosques in the USA bash me all you want i dont care.

[BanG]

I disagree. I think it should be posted every where. People should know what our country and all other countries are facing. If we don't wake up they will be knocking at our door. They are already trying in NYC at ground zero to build there Mosque and thrust there religion on us. No I really think this needs to be posted every where so all can see.

derf6727

Mosque DENIED......Next?

[derf6727]

You people miss the whole point. I know the Mosque was denied, the point is they are here and trying to take over. We can not let our guard down for a minute. This type of article only helps with that message to be aware.

[BanG]

You people miss the whole point. I know the Mosque was denied, the point is they are here and trying to take over. We can not let our guard down for a minute. This type of article only helps with that message to be aware.

OK, for starters do you know how many GUN owners there are in America? I would further add that FBI and CIA know full well where these folks are located within the US. Lastly the US military would be the HAMMER DOWN on any attempt to take over, attack or cause a political treason of any kind IMO. Naaa this nation was built on freedom and that will Never change. Besides were doing a fine job right now decreasing their numbers in the Middle East. Peace.

[Hashim1968]

I support Mosque in the United States. There are over a Million American Muslims born and raised within the United States. These Muslims are not Arabs, Pakistani, or foreign born naturalized. But who's history within the United States goes back pre - Cival War.

[derf6727]

I fully agree and yes the Govt know where most are ,but we don't where they all are. Yes there are well over 2,000,000 guns owned by private citizens. But what I'm stating is we must never let our guard down.

[BanG]

I support Mosque in the United States. There are over a Million American Muslims born and raised within the United States. These Muslims are not Arabs, Pakistani, or foreign born naturalized. But who's history within the United States goes back pre - Cival War.

MINE, My family fought in the Revolutionary war and has served this country every generation since..... Although we are of British ascent never the less we are American. just FYI. Peace.

[Hashim1968]

MINE, My family fought in the Revolutionary war and has served this country every generation since..... Although we are of British ascent never the less we are American. just FYI. Peace.

My family has served in most major wars beginning with the Civil War. My mother was from Germany my father African American. One of the first men killed in the Revolutionary War was a African American. So I'm proud to be trained in the Art Of War.

Just Saying. Peace Be Upon You.

[BanG]

My family has served in most major wars beginning with the Civil War. My mother was from Germany my father African American. One of the first men killed in the Revolutionary War was a African American. So I'm proud to be trained in the Art Of War.

Just Saying. Peace Be Upon You.

You too man and so many thanks to you and your family for their service. Peace.

[zul]

Here in Malaysia, we celebrate everything together. We visit each others' house during festive season and we have lots of them here..incl. Christmas (Christians), Eidul Fitri(Muslim), Wesak(Buddha), Thaipusam(Hindu), Chinese New Year and so on. We even have National Festival for each of those celebrations....attended by all walk of life including dignitaries from all over.

I am a Muslim...but i have never been taught to hate anybody from any other religion. I have lots of close friends from other beliefs..including Christians, Chinese and Indians. We respect each other religion and eac h other religious sensitivities.

I smell a lot of hatred towards Islam from Wilder's speech and he got it all wrong. Islam and Muslim are not your enemies, we are your friends. But i must admit...there are some extremist among the Muslim but they account for only a very small number, if you compare it to the total Muslims in this world. It is the extremist, that is giving Islam a bad name.

I dont mean to stir the hornet's nest....but all of you are welcome to my country and see things for yourself. You will find churches, temples and other places of worship here and nobody bben forced to be a Muslim in this country. Every races in this country is free to keep their own practices and cultures.

I'm sorry if i offend anybody here. Peace.

[BanG]

Here in Malaysia, we celebrate everything together. We visit each others' house during festive season and we have lots of them here..incl. Christmas (Christians), Eidul Fitri(Muslim), Wesak(Buddha), Thaipusam(Hindu), Chinese New Year and so on. We even have National Festival for each of those celebrations....attended by all walk of life including dignitaries from all over.

I am a Muslim...but i have never been taught to hate anybody from any other religion. I have lots of close friends from other beliefs..including Christians, Chinese and Indians. We respect each other religion and eac h other religious sensitivities.

I smell a lot of hatred towards Islam from Wilder's speech and he got it all wrong. Islam and Muslim are not your enemies, we are your friends. But i must admit...there are some extremist among the Muslim but they account for only a very small number, if you compare it to the total Muslims in this world. It is the extremist, that is giving Islam a bad name.

I dont mean to stir the hornet's nest....but all of you are welcome to my country and see things for yourself. You will find churches, temples and other places of worship here and nobody bben forced to be a Muslim in this country. Every races in this country is free to keep their own practices and cultures.

I'm sorry if i offend anybody here. Peace.

I am humbled by your country's acceptance of all. You are kind and generous and someday I would love to see your country and meet you (The person on the other end of the computer).

[zul]

I am humbled by your country's acceptance of all. You are kind and generous and someday I would love to see your country and meet you (The person on the other end of the computer).

TQ Bang, i've been following your post and i know you are a kind person too. I know there are a lot of kind hearted people in here and i hope when this is all over..i could play host to some of you guys.

[ammo2001]

Until my dying breath my children will enjoy the freedoms that most American take for granted.

I have no problem with anyone or their religion. If you wish to practice your religion in America you will hear no argument from me. If you wish to use your prefered religion to hide behind and use it to hurt my country then you will be dealing with the United States military AND i'm positive if you choose to fight the US military on its home soil it would be a fight like the world has NEVER seen.

Ammo out

[JoeB]

Religion is not the problem, the fanatics is. That goes for fanatics of all religions. Let us all have an open mind. Peace.

[typhoidfvr]

I support Mosque in the United States. There are over a Million American Muslims born and raised within the United States. These Muslims are not Arabs, Pakistani, or foreign born naturalized. But who's history within the United States goes back pre - Cival War.

First off, It is CIVIL War. Second, there are PLENTY of us with pre-Civil War family history and pride ourselves on it! Third, some of those American Muslims still have hatred beliefs towards us "infidels" even on our own homeland. Remember the "Shoe Bomber"...American born.

[detroitjazzman]

Again I find myself puzzeled....I've seen much debate on the constitutionality of President Obama's agenda. There is also the right of Religious choice in america. Now I'm not a Obama Fan... and, I have a problem with some ME attitudes. I noted that in France, their parliment is seeking to mandate, all faces must be uncovered in public for national security reasons. The Islamic population is outraged!, however, you take your wife to the ME and she is subject being covered and refusal to cover can result in some form of punitive action. If they leave their country and go someplace else, should they not adhere to the customs of the land? thats what they mandate! Moreover, IMHO This is America....we have the legal right to worship who we choose, Government cannot....and should not mandate which Religions are acceptable. That being said....I've watched from the sideline how the Islamic Regions in the ME are somewhat fanatical in the intrerpretation of Islamic Law. Seems that Islan Law is taken way tooooo literal, with no room for update to current times. As a Father of three daughters...I will never teach them to subservient to anyone....let alone a man, and I object passionately to their subservient attitude concerning women's rights. Perhaps as they become more educated, the masses can then learn to read the Koran for themselves and not depend on someone to interpret it for them. And I totally disagree that they are being singled out at security checkpoints, however, profiling suggest that they are more likely than not to be the one with a bomb. I know if I were on a plane next to a middle easterner, I would be very cautious of that person, and would probably forgo my customary nap. LOOK....Im not trying to bash any race or religion I just find Some ME Islam followers are just a tad too pusy for my taste, and their desire to push the islamic customes on all visitors to their country, is a bit overboard. Just one man's opinion

[the next contestant]

OK, for starters do you know how many GUN owners there are in America? I would further add that FBI and CIA know full well where these folks are located within the US. Lastly the US military would be the HAMMER DOWN on any attempt to take over, attack or cause a political treason of any kind IMO. Naaa this nation was built on freedom and that will Never change. Besides were doing a fine job right now decreasing their numbers in the Middle East. Peace.

Bang, do you know how many gun owners there WAS in London? The winner of the last Top Shot (TV reality show) has a story to tell about all of this. The guns are among the first to go. They all thought just like we are thinking now that it will never happen in America. They were wrong and so are we! I say we because not too long ago I thought as you did. That has changed now. Now I question anything that is P.C.

Not trying to bash you in any way, and I do respect and I am very thankful for your service to our great country, but like the post said there is a war going on here in America that is not faught with guns or bombs. A war that we as Americans have to wake up and see for ourselves! To be an American has got to mean something! Many of our friends, fathers, brothers and sons have died to protect this right. I know that as all of you that are away fighting for this right even now believe in America, we here at home believe in you and support you, no matter what the media and press say. You are our sword of freedom! We hold our heads high because of the sacrafices you all have made and continue to make each and every day. We as Americans get sick to our stomachs when our elected officials feel like they need to apologize to the world for America!!! What we are is what the world wants to be like. Your continued sacrafice demands that we here at home fight as well to make sure there is an America worthy enough for you to come home to! We do not fight with guns, but with our voices and votes!

Go America! And go RV!!!

[detroitjazzman]

Bang, do you know how many gun owners there WAS in London? The winner of the last Top Shot (TV reality show) has a story to tell about all of this. The guns are among the first to go. They all thought just like we are thinking now that it will never happen in America. They were wrong and so are we! I say we because not too long ago I thought as you did. That has changed now. Now I question anything that is P.C.

Not trying to bash you in any way, and I do respect and I am very thankful for your service to our great country, but like the post said there is a war going on here in America that is not faught with guns or bombs. A war that we as Americans have to wake up and see for ourselves! To be an American has got to mean something! Many of our friends, fathers, brothers and sons have died to protect this right. I know that as all of you that are away fighting for this right even now believe in America, we here at home believe in you and support you, no matter what the media and press say. You are our sword of freedom! We hold our heads high because of the sacrafices you all have made and continue to make each and every day. We as Americans get sick to our stomachs when our elected officials feel like they need to apologize to the world for America!!! What we are is what the world wants to be like. Your continued sacrafice demands that we here at home fight as well to make sure there is an America worthy enough for you to come home to! We do not fight with guns, but with our voices and votes!

Go America! And go RV!!!

I could be wrong on this.....but IMO when the citizens loose the right to bear arms....only criminals will have them.... When you change my right to bear arms...you have to change the constitution! Just saying

[the next contestant]

I could be wrong on this.....but IMO when the citizens loose the right to bear arms....only criminals will have them.... When you change my right to bear arms...you have to change the constitution! Just saying

Detroitjazzman, yes I agree with you on this. I just want to point out that I know a few peaceful Muslims where I live and they seem to be nice people. I am not against anyone as long as they don't try to change America to be like their home country. If they come to America, they need to adjust to the American way of life. When the author of the post spoke of al-Hijra he did not mention that Muslims when they are in small numbers are friendly, but when there is a majority they tend to become violent and pushy (as seen all over the world right now) as directed by their holy book. They become more bold, and no longer want to abide by the laws or constitution of the country they live in. Just take a look at history. It is repeating it'self all over again.

[SKJ]

Here in Malaysia, we celebrate everything together. We visit each others' house during festive season and we have lots of them here..incl. Christmas (Christians), Eidul Fitri(Muslim), Wesak(Buddha), Thaipusam(Hindu), Chinese New Year and so on. We even have National Festival for each of those celebrations....attended by all walk of life including dignitaries from all over.

I am a Muslim...but i have never been taught to hate anybody from any other religion. I have lots of close friends from other beliefs..including Christians, Chinese and Indians. We respect each other religion and eac h other religious sensitivities.

I smell a lot of hatred towards Islam from Wilder's speech and he got it all wrong. Islam and Muslim are not your enemies, we are your friends. But i must admit...there are some extremist among the Muslim but they account for only a very small number, if you compare it to the total Muslims in this world. It is the extremist, that is giving Islam a bad name.

I dont mean to stir the hornet's nest....but all of you are welcome to my country and see things for yourself. You will find churches, temples and other places of worship here and nobody bben forced to be a Muslim in this country. Every races in this country is free to keep their own practices and cultures.

I'm sorry if i offend anybody here. Peace.

I agree with you. It makes me sad to read about church leadership teaching intolerance and hate. Reminds me of the 60s when we were taught that other races were all bad. We got over that as a nation. We will get over this too.

[the next contestant]

I agree with you. It makes me sad to read about church leadership teaching intolerance and hate. Reminds me of the 60s when we were taught that other races were all bad. We got over that as a nation. We will get over this too.

SKJ, if you are sad by what you say then you must feel sad concerning Islam. If you don't then you have no idea what Islam is. And the difference here is not a "Race" issue, but a belief issue from Islam it's self that teaches the very things you are against. Thus you can not compare this to any world religion, simply because it teaches intolerance and destruction and submission of all non-believers! So don't think that just because you are trying to get along that you will be somehow be spared! You are fooling yourself. That is what is really sad.