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2007-04-20 Iraq

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Posted by Glenmore 2007-04-20 12:20|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A major reason this war has not yet been won centers on the fact that the Husayniayh al-Bayaa Mosque (amongst others) is not smoking rubble.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-20 12:42|| 2007-04-20 12:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, put the word out. You hide in it, you die under it.

Posted by tu3031 2007-04-20 12:50|| 2007-04-20 12:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, lefties love "zero tolerance" when it applies to anyone but a terrorist. Then, anything goes...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-04-20 12:52|| 2007-04-20 12:52|| Front Page Top

#4 If the US is ever invaded, I hope they think our 7-11s and Starbucks are holy sites, too.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-04-20 14:09|| 2007-04-20 14:09|| Front Page Top

#5 They will, and they'll blow 'em up.

Posted by Perfesser 2007-04-20 14:38|| 2007-04-20 14:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Muslims are expected to pay a tithe to their mosque. Sometimes this money goes to funding insurgents. If the Iraqi government were to decide that any mosque used as a fighting position or weapons storage facility was eligible for destruction, we might see a ramping down of this activity. The idea would be to raze any mosque that is used for that activity. The community would be allowed to rebuild the mosque but if the activity is repeated, the mosque would again be razed. This would result in a situation where the funds collected by the mosque would be needed more for reconstruction than for funding insurgents.

There is some competition among the imams for congreation membership because larger congregations mean more money. If the mosque isn't engaged in worship services, the membership is more likely to join other nearby congregations and pay their tithe there. The result over time would be a diminishing of the financial strength of the mosques which engage in violence and an increase in the wealth of the more peaceful congregations.

Posted by Unolugum Black8184 2007-04-20 14:55|| 2007-04-20 14:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Donor fatigue would be nice, but I just want the personal satisfaction of seeing these terrorist shitholes turned into bouncing rubble. Imams are predators in the Islamic food chain. They finance and program the terrorists. Their shelter and sustenance must be eliminated. Islam's clerical ranks must become one of our primary targets. The actual fighters are merely ~~cannon fodder~~ wooden soldiers of which there is an endless supply. The imams are well-connected, persuasive orators who wield substantial power in such high context communities. When the imams start getting killed, much less radical doctrine will trickle down to the masses.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-20 15:22|| 2007-04-20 15:22|| Front Page Top

#8 "By their fruits ye shall know them."
Matt 7:20

Posted by doc 2007-04-20 16:02|| 2007-04-20 16:02|| Front Page Top

#9 I wouldn't call it donor fatigue so much as "priority adjustment".

Posted by Unolugum Black8184 2007-04-20 16:09|| 2007-04-20 16:09|| Front Page Top

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