08-02-2004, 03:37 PM
Quote: another reason why i feel like crushing the skull of any muslim questioning the need for Jihad!!!!
Do you honestly think that Jihad would be plausable, let alone desireable? Now, I'm not just saying this because I was born in America, but think about it: If Islam declared "total war" on the U.S., can't you see that a U.S. response couldn't possibly be handled by the middle-east? The U.S. has enough nuclear weapons to destroy the earth a thousand times over, and they're all buried in Oregon waiting to be launched at someone. Also, it would help if you posted information as to the validity of those pictures. And perhaps those people in the cells really should be there. You can't assume something just by looking at a picture of it. Now, there most definatly is a bountifull body of evidence showing that Iraqis were detained wrongly, beaten, tortured, and killed by U.S. troops. That is deplorable. But where has fighting gotten Islam (or the U.S. for that matter) in the past? Was all of the waring beneficial to Islam? Look at most muslim countires today. If you are sick and you try a medicine, then it doesn't work, would you keep trying it over and over again with the disillusioned hope that one day it would work and you would be cured? Of course not. The same goes for war. Jihad, shan't be desireable because we all know where it will end up: where it always has.