The Logic Off Topic list

>Well bombs are falling in Afganistan. As an American, I just want to
>thank the British members on this list for their country's unfailing
>support, and also the planned support of the French, Australians,
>Germans, and Canadians.

That is assuming that the British members of this list wholly support
the actions of their Government.

>Bin Laden, in referring to the various acts of terror that have killed
>many Americans and others in the past, frequently makes reference to that
>being the will of God. Well whatever happens now, will also be the will
>of God.

God is such a convenient 'thing' to call on... If it is the will of God that
he decrees both actions, then we are all better off without this 'God'
as he(?) is then playing us all for fools...

Any group who claims  'it is the will of (their) God'  that anything
happens that they have some control over, does so in order to avoid its
own responsibility and presumes to know such a Gods intent on behalf
of others. The sooner we get past 'God'(s) and the presumptions of
those he 'speaks through' the sooner we learn not to deflect responsibilty
for our own deeds... (and GA please note, this is directed at *all* parties)

>There is really no choice then to clean out that realm of evil
>that strikes throughout the world at the innocent, and defames and
>perverts the teaching of Islam as a justification for killing.

Rhetoric.

>Hopefully a free and prosperous Afganistan will emerge in future years.

Hopefully, but how likely, given the current state of play?

>Together, America and Europe, .... along with the richer Arab countries
>must work to make tolerable living conditions for the many poor Muslims
>who misdirect the anger of their miserable lives toward the great powers.

'Deflect' may be as apt as misdirect.

>When their is freedom, safety, peace, and prosperity for all, then the
>entire world will benefit.

When *there* is 'freedom, safety, peace, and prosperity for all', the world's
dwindling wealth will be far more equitably distributed. That means all us
Westerners will need to come down quite  a few notches. Otherwise, forget it.
This, as I tried vainly to explain in earlier related posts, is the root of
the
whole problem.

S.