Islam: Our Partners in Peace...

[markw]

Mark,

My aunt lives there. So I do know a bit about it. Also, I was there as a tourist - this was not a business trip. And we took our kids too. My wife covered, but that's a small price to pay for what we got to see, hear, taste and experience.

Really... I'd sure like to know how the little woman felt about this. After all, that is a fairly misogynistic society and I can see why you wouldn't be bothered by It.

Regarding those highjackers, they were indeed from Saudi Arabia (most of them) so why did we invade Iraq? Of all the countries in the region, Iraq was the most un-fundamentalist, so why did we go there?

dunno. But in hindsight it was a mistake. But, many countries provided intelligence to support it.

More importantly, why were Saudi planes allowed to leave on September 12th when no other planes were allowed to fly at all?

Now you're saying that all saudis were involved? Interesting cospiracy theory. Maybe it was for their safety?

Why did some 30+ large investors and firms pull their money out of the market at the end of the day on September 10th and why isn't anybody asking them a few questions? And why did we do such a piss-poor job protecting ourselves before September 11th? I mean you had guys in Florida wanting to learn how to fly w/o knowing how to take off or land - are you kidding me? Was it maybe because Bush and his cabinet in their infinite wisdom pulled 90% of the counter-terrorist staff that Clinton put in place, and redirected their efforts on Iraq? There's a hole lot of questions I would like answered too.

Hindsight is 20/20, isn't it? The clues to finding the killer in a good mystery novel is always obvious when one gets to the end, isn't it?

Now this doesn't at all excuse those SOBs who flew those 4 planes into buildings, but it sure makes you wonder how much of a green light they had been given. Rose colored glasses only see so much from a black & white mindset

I'm glad to hear that, but what "green light" are you referring to? Who do you think gave it? Please share and offer some proof. I'm curious..

And there is no correlation between terrorist activity in England and Sharia law that I'm aware of. If there is, please enlighten us.

MAybe sharia law has nothing to do with it. Maybe it IS all the muslims over there being allowed to run around unchecked. As for enlightenment. simply go to google.com and google "emgland+terrorist activity+muslim" and you'll find hours of reading to satisfy your curiosity.