The Pope was just trying to open up the dialogue between Christians and Muslims but as we can see it backfired; big time.
People hear what they want to hear. He never condoned what he quoted in fact "the pope described [these words as]“startling brusqueness” and later recommended a “genuine dialogue of cultures and religions so urgently needed today.” He added: “we invite our partners” into such discourse.The pope’s call for Christian and Islamic interchange ignited days of Muslim rage. Demonstrators in London waved placards that read “Islam will conquer Rome” and “Jesus is the slave of Allah.”
They do no want dialogue, they want domination. When will our world wake up and smell the coffee?
In the meantime, we have knuckleheads like John McCain, and his cronies wringing their hands over the possible interrogation/torture (depends on how it is defined) of enemy combatants. Nevermind that we found out vital information that helped make our country and the world safer.
Just listen to this from Deroy Murdock over at National Review:
Tough questioning, such as “waterboarding” or simulated drowning, makes terrorists talk. That’s how U.S. interrogators encouraged Khalid Sheik Mohammed to detail how he masterminded al Qaeda’s September 11 attacks. He then ratted out Hambali, the man behind the October 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202, and “dirty bomber” Jose Padilla. Both are now safely in custody.Dialogue and diplomacy; these words do not seem to be in the vocabulary of Islamofascists.
Al Qaeda honcho Abu Zubaida stayed quiet until interrogators stuck him in a cold room and blasted the corrosive music of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Zubaida cried uncle and began to talk. He helped America find terrorists Ramzi bin-al-Shibh in Pakistan, Amar-al-Faruq in Indonesia, Rahim al-Nashiri in Kuwait, and Muhammad al Darbi in Yemen.
These interrogations help America connect the dots. Stopping them, as McCain and company would do, disconnects the dots. This likely will blow more Americans to smithereens.
If McCain and his pals worry about torture, they should ponder the daily agony of the loved ones of the 1,151 people who were killed on September 11 and never even recovered from Ground Zero. Assuring that Islamic fanatics never again vaporize Americans is why we must squeeze captured terrorists until they sing.
Throwing olive branches at Islamofascists is beyond futile. This is the War on Terror, not the Summer Olympics on Terror. If America won’t fight this like a war — and win — we might as well cut our losses, hand out the Korans, and start the mass conversions.
