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I absolutely loath to agree with Dr. Dean on anything...

... but damn

HOWARD DEAN: You know, this is a chronic problem. I stopped calling these people Muslim terrorists. They're about as Muslim as I am. I mean, they have no respect for anybody else's life, that's not what the Koran says. Europe has an enormous radical problem. I think ISIS is a cult. Not an Islamic cult. I think it's a cult.

BRZEZINSKI: Interesting, yeah. Hmm.

DEAN: And I think you got to deal with these people. The interesting thing here, is we talked about guns the last time in regarding the United States, regarding how guns get in the hands of the kind of people that kill the two police officers here two weeks ago.

France has tremendous gun control laws, and yet these people are able to get Kalashnikovs. So, this is really complicated stuff, and I think you have to treat these people as basically mass murderers. But I do not think we should accord them any particular religious respect, because I don't think, whatever they're claiming their motivation is, is clearly a twisted, cultish mind.

With video:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/01/07/howard_dean_on_paris_attack_i_stopped_calling_these_people_muslim_terrorists.html
 
Normally I'd agree with you on most items, Doc...but on Howard Dean's 1st point, not so much. Quoting Andrew McCarthy's remarks over at American Thinker:
Andrew McCarthy, who has read the Koran, offers just a few citations that refute Dean:

... one who studied Islamic doctrine might point out that the scriptures invoke the word “terror” in explicitly endorsing wars of conquest against non-Muslims (see, e.g., the Koran’s Sura 3:151: “Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers …”; Sura 8:12: “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them”; Bukhari Hadith 52:220: “Allah’s Apostle said … ‘I have been made victorious with terror.’”) But why study the ideology of Islamic supremacists? After all, we’ve got the feel-good dogma of Western progressives, who insist that terrorism is not only unrelated to Islam but is, in fact, “anti-Islamic activity,” as former British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith maintained. (American Thinker)

..in addition, someone should remind the esteemed Doctor Dean that, during the attacks, the perpetrators could be heard shouting 'Allahu Akbar'...then there's the mounting evidence that they traveled to-and-from the Middle East from France, helped funnel jihadists to/from Syria and the Middle East, were known to be affiliated w/Islamist radical groups...now, if that doesn't mark them as Muslim in some way, shape or form, what the hell does?
 
True.

But still you have to give him a couple of his other points.

How did these fine upstanding law abiding religious idealists get into France with a couple of AK's?

Something else I'm curious about.

Where's the 'moderate' Muslims on TV condemning the action?

I've been watching several news channels all day, all they've managed to do is to get one guy to say he disapproves, but that was it.
 
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|
 
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.
 
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.


true, but they do get killed for no reason so that built up of hatred is not a unforeseeable thing, unless you're ignorant...
 
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.


true, but they do get killed for no reason so that belt up of hatred is not a unforeseeable thing, unless you're ignorant...

Sorry have no idea what you just said.
 
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.


true, but they do get killed for no reason so that belt up of hatred is not a unforeseeable thing, unless you're ignorant...

Sorry have no idea what you just said.

meaning, if you keep attacking and killing a group of people then they will lash out and start doing the same thing to people that are against them...
 
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.


true, but they do get killed for no reason so that belt up of hatred is not a unforeseeable thing, unless you're ignorant...

Sorry have no idea what you just said.


meaning, if you keep attacking and killing a group of people then they will lash out and start doing the same thing to people that are against them...

And if you keep ignoring a group people attacking and killing people regardless of how much peace you want they will still kill you anyways.
 
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.


true, but they do get killed for no reason so that belt up of hatred is not a unforeseeable thing, unless you're ignorant...

Sorry have no idea what you just said.


meaning, if you keep attacking and killing a group of people then they will lash out and start doing the same thing to people that are against them...

And if you keep ignoring a group people attacking and killing people regardless of how much peace you want they will still kill you anyways.

they've been completely terrorized in their own countries over there, i think it's too late to "talk to them"...

did america try to "talk" to japan after they attacked pearl harbor? :|
 
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.


true, but they do get killed for no reason so that belt up of hatred is not a unforeseeable thing, unless you're ignorant...

Sorry have no idea what you just said.


meaning, if you keep attacking and killing a group of people then they will lash out and start doing the same thing to people that are against them...

And if you keep ignoring a group people attacking and killing people regardless of how much peace you want they will still kill you anyways.


they've been completely terrorized in their own countries over there, i think it's too late to "talk to them"...

did america try to "talk" to japan after they attacked pearl harbor? :|

The terrorists have been completely terrorized. Or at least we would like to think so.

No, and we never should have.
 
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.


true, but they do get killed for no reason so that belt up of hatred is not a unforeseeable thing, unless you're ignorant...

Sorry have no idea what you just said.


meaning, if you keep attacking and killing a group of people then they will lash out and start doing the same thing to people that are against them...

And if you keep ignoring a group people attacking and killing people regardless of how much peace you want they will still kill you anyways.


they've been completely terrorized in their own countries over there, i think it's too late to "talk to them"...

did america try to "talk" to japan after they attacked pearl harbor? :|

The terrorists have been completely terrorized. Or at least we would like to think so.

No, and we never should have.

so, only the people that you disagree with are the terrorists?

see, that's the mind-frame that other countries hate, hypocrisy...

people don't want america to "save" them...

they want to be left alone, and if they have an issue then they'll fight it among themselves...
 
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.


true, but they do get killed for no reason so that belt up of hatred is not a unforeseeable thing, unless you're ignorant...

Sorry have no idea what you just said.


meaning, if you keep attacking and killing a group of people then they will lash out and start doing the same thing to people that are against them...

And if you keep ignoring a group people attacking and killing people regardless of how much peace you want they will still kill you anyways.


they've been completely terrorized in their own countries over there, i think it's too late to "talk to them"...

did america try to "talk" to japan after they attacked pearl harbor? :|

The terrorists have been completely terrorized. Or at least we would like to think so.

No, and we never should have.


so, only the people that you disagree with are the terrorists?

see, that's the mind-frame that other countries hate, hypocrisy...

people don't want america to "save" them...

they want to be left alone, and if they have an issue then they'll fight it among themselves...

The people that are terrorists are terrorists no matter what I think or want.

Screw the rest of the world. We were the ones protecting and helping them since WW1 until now.

Thats not what the people were saying when they cold freely rip down the statue of sadam after the war had ended.
 
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.


true, but they do get killed for no reason so that belt up of hatred is not a unforeseeable thing, unless you're ignorant...

Sorry have no idea what you just said.


meaning, if you keep attacking and killing a group of people then they will lash out and start doing the same thing to people that are against them...

And if you keep ignoring a group people attacking and killing people regardless of how much peace you want they will still kill you anyways.


they've been completely terrorized in their own countries over there, i think it's too late to "talk to them"...

did america try to "talk" to japan after they attacked pearl harbor? :|

The terrorists have been completely terrorized. Or at least we would like to think so.

No, and we never should have.


so, only the people that you disagree with are the terrorists?

see, that's the mind-frame that other countries hate, hypocrisy...

people don't want america to "save" them...

they want to be left alone, and if they have an issue then they'll fight it among themselves...

The people that are terrorists are terrorists no matter what I think or want.

Screw the rest of the world. We were the ones protecting and helping them since WW1 until now.

Thats not what the people were saying when they cold freely rip down the statue of sadam after the war had ended.

and america terrorizing the innocent as well, so you can call america terrorists too...

screw the rest of the world? well, i think america been doing that... and who were we protecting lately? i only see america killing innocent women and children in the name of "freedom"...

just because the minority of people didn't like sadam doesn't make you claim that all of the people wanted america destroying their country and murdering their people...
 
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
TRUE LIBERTY said:
+freezy said:
murder of outsiders is called for in both the koran and the bible...

if a group of christians start killing non-believers, people would class them as firstly, loonys, and then cultists? :|

Except it is not Christians worldwide reading the bible in that way that they need to strike out across the globe.

Every religion seems to have modernized except one.


true, but they do get killed for no reason so that belt up of hatred is not a unforeseeable thing, unless you're ignorant...

Sorry have no idea what you just said.


meaning, if you keep attacking and killing a group of people then they will lash out and start doing the same thing to people that are against them...

And if you keep ignoring a group people attacking and killing people regardless of how much peace you want they will still kill you anyways.


they've been completely terrorized in their own countries over there, i think it's too late to "talk to them"...

did america try to "talk" to japan after they attacked pearl harbor? :|

The terrorists have been completely terrorized. Or at least we would like to think so.

No, and we never should have.


so, only the people that you disagree with are the terrorists?

see, that's the mind-frame that other countries hate, hypocrisy...

people don't want america to "save" them...

they want to be left alone, and if they have an issue then they'll fight it among themselves...

The people that are terrorists are terrorists no matter what I think or want.

Screw the rest of the world. We were the ones protecting and helping them since WW1 until now.

Thats not what the people were saying when they cold freely rip down the statue of sadam after the war had ended.


and america terrorizing the innocent as well, so you can call america terrorists too...




Thats not true so..............



screw the rest of the world? well, i think america been doing that... and who were we protecting lately? i only see america killing innocent women and children in the name of "freedom"...





Again not true so..............



just because the minority of people didn't like sadam doesn't make you claim that all of the people wanted america destroying their country and murdering their people...





The minority of people! LOL! Because people always like brutal dictators running there country! LOL! Anyways freeing the people was secondary. Priority was about that so called fictional 911 thing.





 

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