18-Aug-10 News -- The collapse of the Gaza tunnel economy

[John]

18-Aug-10 News -- The collapse of the Gaza tunnel economy

** 18-Aug-10 News -- The collapse of the Gaza tunnel economy
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... 18#e100818


Contents:
"The collapse of the Gaza tunnel economy"
"Additional links"
Pakistan's government is snubbing flood aid from India
Israel has four days to strike Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor
New Pentagon report shows China capable of large-scale missile attack on US
Analysis of Afghanistan war concludes that US withdrawal will lead to chaos
Pakistan now says Islamist militants are more dangerous than India
New book debunks myth that Hitler was a World War I hero
DNA test proves that Filipina girl was not Bobby Fischer's daughter

[Raynote]

Hi John!
Could you write something about the "Victory Mosque" at Ground Zero and how Generational Dynamics can explain the near treason-like attitudes of Obama, Bloomberg, et al ? Thanks.
And thank you for all your articles, I read them every day with great interest even if I don't comment.
Raymonde

[John]

Dear Raymonde,

> Could you write something about the "Victory Mosque" at Ground
> Zero and how Generational Dynamics can explain the near
> treason-like attitudes of Obama, Bloomberg, et al ? Thanks. And
> thank you for all your articles, I read them every day with great
> interest even if I don't comment.

There are certainly a lot of politicians making fools of themselves,
but I don't think any of it yet rises to the level of treason. On the
one hand, you have a great deal of xenophobia, as well as a lot of
people who are genuinely offended by a mosque at Ground Zero. On the
other hand, you have the loony left that couldn't care less about the
mosque, but see it as an opportunity to humiliate the United States.

Meanwhile, no one gives a shit about the Greek Orthodox church that
used to stand near Ground Zero, and no one, certainly not the loony
left, has anything to gain by supporting it.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/08 ... ls-forgot/

John

[shoshin]

"treason"???...I don't think so....perhaps "Raymonde" should read the US Constitution, and the Oath of Office...

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

[Raynote]

I may have gone too far when I used the word "treason"... but English being a foreign language to me I sometimes use it awkwardly.

[Tom Acre]

I may have gone too far when I used the word "treason"... but English being a foreign language to me I sometimes use it awkwardly.

I understand you quite well. Advocating that our enemy plant their flag at the location of their greatest success on our soil may not technically constitute treason, but it is in the same ballpark.

[The Grey Badger]

The Constitution of the United States, which the President is sworn to defend, includes the First Amendment.

[Jack Edwards]

In my mind, it is in poor taste to build a mosque there - but not treasonous. It is certainly insensitive to those who lost their lives on 9/11.

In allowing a mosque to be built there, some may feel that the US is showing how "tolerant" it is as a nation.

Extremist muslims are at war with the US - they want the destruction of the US. The US, especially recently, doesn't act like it knows that it is at war. I expect that the average extremist muslim in the world will not see the building of a mosque as "tolerant" but rather as "weak and afraid". Allowing a mosque to built will be perceived as winning by the extremist muslim and will embolden them. This is the main reason it shouldn't be built.

Here is a link to an article I thought shared a different perspective on this issue. http://townhall.com/columnists/JonahGol ... sy_balloon

Talks about how this is a stupid argument that never should have seen the light of day. It's a no win situation politically.

Regards

Jack