Re: Powell speaks out on religous extremism?

--- In metatuning@y..., "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@e...> wrote:
>
> This is pretty amazing. THe Secretary of State says he wants to
massizvely
> increase the number of Islamists IN the US

wrong. not "Islamists", but Muslims. you know, Muslims, like
Christians or Jews -- believers in a monotheistic faith.

and he blames terrorism on the
> 'bigoted' religious 'extremists' -- by whom he does NOT mean any
one in the
> middle-east, but rather the 'radical extremists' in the US such as
Franklin
> Graham.

good for him.

> Is this the person we want as Secretary of State?

this is not bad. it's exactly the opposite of Le Pen, so that's
really good right there.

> And what could we say about his boss who directs him to wake these
> statements?

are you saying bush is too liberal for you?

> Personally, I smell treason.

this country is about openness and freedom. if we live by your
standards of what amounts to treason, we'll be no better than any
other country that discriminates based on religion. gee, can you
think of any country like that? what are the first ones that come to
mind? Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan . . . we'll end up just like
them. no thanks, jeff.