Thanks all for a spirited, and MOSTLY on topic discussion.

And I take it you are aware that the Kurds, who are allied to the US troops, are Muslim?
Maybe the whole shebang is a little more complex than you have been lead to believe.”

I agree with you a hundred percent. And thanks for the olive branch Rod, I’ll gladly take it. I knew what I was trying to say, but it came out horribly wrong. It was stupid of me to type about a sensitive issue in quick snipits at work. (no more typing anything to anyone at work)
The gist of what I was thinking was , we feel guilt for the things our nation does here, they should feel some guilt for the atrocities on their end, including, and especially those commited against their own people. I don’t think that’s an unfair or hateful opinion. I reread what I said, and I did not mean it to come off that way.

Now, I know I’m pinned up on a wall, here, and some would desperately like to keep me pinned up, regardless of anything I say, so they can verbally stab me a few more times. As much as I hate to take away your enjoyment, I’m asking you to let me come down off the wall now. Thank you.

OK, I’ll bite. Why attack the Taliban?

Osama wasn’t in Afghanistan, so it wouldn’t have been to get him.

None of the 9/11 perps were there either.

There were two training camps, both not in use at the time. There were dozens in Pakistan.

So why attack the Taliban? For fun? To get even for bombing the Bamiyan Buddha statues? To liberate Afghan women?

But it is fairly common to use the term to describe the people too, although that may not be the case in the US:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/16/2276493.htm

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23839640-5012756,00.html

I think it’s interesting that our Scottish currency would be a Scotty – that would please the trekkies.

Phil, sorry to prolong your agony. I know the Bushites had trouble understanding the difference between Sunni and Shiite muslims, but you do understand that many Muslims are law-abiding and that a great many of the people killed in terrorist atrocities by Muslims are Muslims?

And I take it you are aware that the Kurds, who are allied to the US troops, are Muslim?
Maybe the whole shebang is a little more complex than you have been lead to believe.

What Daryl said.

We can’t demonstrate the shrinking boundaries of what print editors find acceptable unless we see the print cartoonists, who these editors regularly reprint, regularly cross those boundaries on the web.