al-Qaeda and Taliban

[Dennis Perrin]

> Charles: Their using nuclear weapons would be suicide, which should raise
a lot of doubt that they would use them.  This implies that al-Qaeda and the
Taliban interpret the Koran in some sort of doomsday fashion. What's the
evidence of that ?
>
> Americans like to "justify" their military invasions by imagining the
invadees as insanely subhuman and irrational. Thus, according to the
American version of the Viet Namese, the Viet Namese had less respect for
human life than Americans. Oh what a dastardly lie to coverup and
rationalize Americans' , racist disrespect for the lives of Viet Namese.
>
> So, now, of course, al-Qaeda and the Taliban want to get nuclear weapons
so that they can use them as soon as possible and get themselves and most of
Arab and Islamic civilization nuked back 100 times over for sure. This is
because of course, as our enemies, they are not as rational as we are; they
are as irrational and insane as anything an American's imagination can come
up with to "justify" America doing whatever it wants to them.
>
> NOT !

This is really dumb, even for you Charles. The US war against Vietnam was
nothing like what is happening in Afghanistan --not even like what happened
with the Red Army in Afghanistan (which killed a million-plus). The NLF and
North Vietnamese, for all their deplorable Stalinist traits, were
nevertheless strictly radical nationalists and secular. They simply wanted
foreign domination of their country to end. Once the US was kicked out, the
Vietnamese didn't try to keep the war going; quite the opposite (they have
been among the most forgiving people I've ever seen, especially when you
consider the devastation they endured). Can't say the same about the Taliban
and al-Qaeda. If you can't see the difference here, then you deserve that
glass case you undoubtedly reside in.

DP