Saturday, January 03, 2004

AL-TABOOL MOSQUE

In the recent raid on the Mosque, can we be sure that the soldiers did not step on the holy book? No, we cannot. Can we be sure that something was going on in the Mosque. . . yes, we can.

When weapons are found in a Mosque, it means someone is up to something. And, it means that some religious leader is aware of it. The Christians who worshipped in the church in Pakistan were bombed. They were civilians. No one was killed in this incident, but a Mosque was violated. This will not be a frequent event if the Mosques don't store weapons and give terrorists sanctuary. In short, you can't run out of the Mosque, shoot, bomb, run back in the Mosque and expect safety. Those who wish to protect against this will need to keep the terrorists out of the Mosques.

To those who rant against the troops for not removing their shoes: the troops will remove their shoes if they are visiting. If they must attack and remove weapons and terrorists, they will NOT remove their shoes. If you respect your religion and wish the troops to respect the Mosques, why not keep the terrorists out of the Mosques? When the Mosques are the base for attacks, the Mosques will be involved in the attacks. We need to apologize for the disrepect, others need to apologize for harboring killers.
IF YOU DON'T XXXX, THE TERRORISTS ARE GOING TO WIN!

"When Hell freezes over!" "Not in this lifetime."

The terrorists may hit us again; probably will hurt us again. They will NOT win! Once they proved to us that it was a life-death struggle for all of us, they lost. THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT MUCH.

Those who care more about hate will sacrifice generations to the fire of that hate. The leaders of hate will never throw themselves on the fire. Sooner or later, the terrorists may realize that they will run out of minions. In the meantime, we will be doing our best to assist the leaders into the fire. This may save some of the minions, who are really just the children of parents throughout the world. The children become persuaded to join, they die, the parents suffer the loss.

After all, we don't want to take over the world. . .they do. It's not going to happen their way. The huge neon sign is flashing. . .do or die, and we are going to do. You have given us notice; we paid attention. You may eventually realize you made a big mistake.
AN IRANIAN BLOGGER

http://humanfirstthenproudiranian.blogspot.com/

Jannati attacks US aid motives
Speaking at Friday prayers, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who heads the powerful Council of Guardians, said the Americans were trying to exploit the disaster to seek relations with Iran. Read it here .

This is the stupidest thing that Jannati could have said while US aid is in Iran. I am absolutely not too crazy about the US leaders and current Bush administration, but while the victims are in urgent need for help and while world aid which partly consists of the aid from the US is pouring into Iran for the victims, only an stupid leader who doesn't care about the welfare of the people can make such comments.

Faramin @ 8:44 PM (January 2, 2004)


It's difficult to read bloggers who rant against the U.S. Sometimes, that is because I agree (and don't like what was done); other times, it is because I vigorously disagree and try not to be offended.

The long list (rant) of Faramin's earlier blog seemed to be unfair. And then, Faramin wrote the above comments. This proves to me that (although I may not like much of the rant) there is a thinking individual at the writing end of the blog. There is someone who is weighing the events and the decisions made.

The new blogging era may bring all kinds of ideas into the exchange. This new era may have significant impact on the world. We may not agree, but we may be able to have more understanding of the problems than we have had. . .ever. Certainly, we will have ore understanding of the different views in the world.
EARTHQUAKE IN IRAN

It's a sad world when we cannot put aside our differences in today's world, in order to have people help people. The politics of an earthquake come before the victims of an earthquake. It is pitiful.

I do not doubt that the Israelis were willing to help in the search and rescue efforts, or that they would be willing to send aid to the survivors of the quake. But, Iran was willing to accept help from all. . .except the Israelis. Does this refute the old saying that "beggars can't be choosers?"

People *should* help other people, especially during earthquakes. It is offensive to refuse help and it is a missed opportunity to change the world situation for the better. I can understand it; but, I don't have to like it.