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Well, Boys and Girls, that answer Mohd gave to my question certainly gives me food for thought. I am going to take Mohd at his word because his word has been good for the past two or three years in every dealing we have had. In our personal dealings he has behaved as an honest and true gentleman. I have no reason to doubt anything he tells me. It is my nature to trust everybody until they demonstrate that the trust has been misplaced. Further, and I believe this is quite appropriate or I'd just keep it to myself. Mohd once told me that I spoke and acted like a true Muslim and I considered this to be the highest compliment he could extend and still do.
Remember, no greater love hath any man than to lay down his life for his friends.
And, let me say that if the tables were turned and Mohd happened to be a guest in my home and some ignorant folks came around to try to kill him simply because he is Muslim and the terrorists were and are also Muslim the old antique .38 would most certainly come into play.
Mohd, I think what you will find in this forum is the views of good and decent Americans. We have a couple of bad apples who wander in from time to time but they don't stay because they know they do not belong here. So, if you continue to hang out here what you are going to find is the way most decent Americans feel not only about terrorism and the war in Afghanistan but just about everything else. Get your info here and you get what real Americans feel and think and believe.
Which gets me around to a quote which I believe is a Muslim proverb in its root form. The friend of my enemy is my enemy. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Terrorists are our enemy. Friends of terrorists are our enemy regardless of religion or anything else. Right now it's that simple.
And remember, we would not be fighting in Afghanistan today if the Taliban had handed over the terrorists and closed up their operation which would have been better for everybody, including us.
For whatever it might be worth, years ago when I was living in Nepal and my only contact with the outside world was the radio I routinely listened to the news on Radio Moscow, Voice of America, and the BBC. The same events took quite different slants sometimes but I always thought BBC was probably the most accurate.
Remember, no greater love hath any man than to lay down his life for his friends.
And, let me say that if the tables were turned and Mohd happened to be a guest in my home and some ignorant folks came around to try to kill him simply because he is Muslim and the terrorists were and are also Muslim the old antique .38 would most certainly come into play.
Mohd, I think what you will find in this forum is the views of good and decent Americans. We have a couple of bad apples who wander in from time to time but they don't stay because they know they do not belong here. So, if you continue to hang out here what you are going to find is the way most decent Americans feel not only about terrorism and the war in Afghanistan but just about everything else. Get your info here and you get what real Americans feel and think and believe.
Which gets me around to a quote which I believe is a Muslim proverb in its root form. The friend of my enemy is my enemy. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Terrorists are our enemy. Friends of terrorists are our enemy regardless of religion or anything else. Right now it's that simple.
And remember, we would not be fighting in Afghanistan today if the Taliban had handed over the terrorists and closed up their operation which would have been better for everybody, including us.
For whatever it might be worth, years ago when I was living in Nepal and my only contact with the outside world was the radio I routinely listened to the news on Radio Moscow, Voice of America, and the BBC. The same events took quite different slants sometimes but I always thought BBC was probably the most accurate.