US may have killed Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani

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Weezer said:
So blame Muslim extremists and not all Muslims. They should be afforded the same benefit of the doubt you allow your own religion, correct? Yet I continually see attacks on here against all who follow Islam. Not saying you, but it happens, and I'm expressing my disagreement.
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Read my posts...

Orange_Crush said:
I'm not arguing to eliminate other religions. Until His own good time, God is the biggest proponent of freedom of worship. But at the same time, you can't say that Christianity has been perverted to justify atrocities and then blame Christianity for the actions. And likewise, you can't say that religions have been perverted for centuries, so it follows that Islam has been perverted. That's my point. You have to go to the text--to the commands--and see if they have been perverted.

I'm not saying that Islam preaches evil. I AM saying that it's lazy to point to what people have done in the name of each religion without asking whether what they did was commanded/taught by said religions.
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I haven't weighed in on Islam in this discussion.

And read my posts. I am actually arguing to afford Islam the exact same benefit I'm arguing for Christianity. That's EXACTLY what I'm arguing for.

Orange_Crush said:
When judging a religion, go to the scriptures and see what they tell you to do.
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Take the holy texts of each religion and judge what they command you to do. Judge the actions that people commit in their name according to whether they are in accord to the texts. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Then you can judge a religion.
 
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Weezer said:
I don't think we should be judging any one's religion. Not looking to get into a religious argument with you, but religions have been perverted for centuries to justify atrocities, Christianity among them. And I'm fairly certain Christianity doesn't teach us to eliminate other religions.
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Again the difference is what did Jesus say and do and what did Mohammed say and do. Pretty stark and anyone who defends the actions of Mohammed is evil
 
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Velo Vol said:
So you support keeping U.S. troops in Iraq until they pay us billions of dollars to leave?
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I think we should be there indefinitely. We still have bases in Japan/Germany/Italy following WWII. We still have troops in South Korea as well so after the blood and treasure we've spent in Iraq we should be there until we decide its time to leave. Where it be 5 days from now or 50 years plus!
 
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CagleMtnVol said:
think we should be there indefinitely. We still have bases in Japan/Germany/Italy following WWII. We still have troops in South Korea as well so after the blood and treasure we've spent in Iraq we should be there until we decide its time to leave. Where it be 5 days from now or 50 years plus!
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All that "blood and treasure" was because of lies about a country that never attacked us. We remain in the others because they allow it. It's idiotic to suggest a sovereign nation doesn't have the right to expel our military. Colonization died out a while ago
 
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lawgator1 said:
Does anybody here really, truly believe that Trump's desire to have a distraction from impeachment and some sort of "win" played absolutely NO role in his decision? No role at all?

Come on.
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You told us repeatedly that Team Obama's actions leading up to and immediately after Benghazi were in NO way influenced by his upcoming reelection and message that we had the terrorists on the run.

Which is it? Are decisions shaped by political considerations or not.
 
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The irony. A government official saying “The Trump administration is worried that Iraq would make a short term decision that would have catastrophic long term implications for the country and its security.”

 
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lawgator1 said:
Does anybody here really, truly believe that Trump's desire to have a distraction from impeachment and some sort of "win" played absolutely NO role in his decision? No role at all?

Come on.
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No. If you believe that you should tell Kerry to stay out of Iran and quit planning stuff with them like embassy attacks.
 
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carlos86 said:
The irony. A government official saying “The Trump administration is worried that Iraq would make a short term decision that would have catastrophic long term implications for the country and its security.”

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Some of that room was nothing but empty seats.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
How would weapons being smuggled in from Libya to Syria to fight Assad benefit Iran/Soleimani?
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It would benefit them but stopping those arms from being smuggled, once the public became aware this was happening from the Benghazi fallout that particular operation ceased did it not? It seems plausible that would be purpose in being there in that scenario, to put an end to it.
 
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