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    James J. Smith: No way for U.S. troops to win in Afghanistan
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    The infidel, that would be us, should be driven out of their land, according to the Quran. "Jim Jones and David Koresh do not typify Christianity in the eyes of the civilized west, but those same eyes are prone to see Osama bin Laden as typifying Islam" according to Richard Bulliet. Full Article at Battle Creek Enquirer
    Jim Jones and David Koresh do not typify Christianity in the eyes of the civilized west, but those same eyes are prone to see Osama bin Laden as typifying Islam
    SOURCE: Battle Creek Enquirer 3 weeks ago
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James J. Smith: No way for U.S. troops to win in Afghanistan
  1. There is no solution to Afghanistan and the fact that we have a military presence there serves only to rally Muslim militants
    – Mark Danner SOURCE: Battle Creek Enquirer 3 weeks ago
  2. involved in a hopelessly losing war in Indochina.
    SOURCE: Battle Creek Enquirer 3 weeks ago
  3. Muslims will rule the continent of Europe in 20 or 30 years.
    – Muammar al-Qaddafi SOURCE: Battle Creek Enquirer 3 weeks ago
  4. The Afghans were a brave people and no one could impose a foreign ideology on them.
    SOURCE: Battle Creek Enquirer 3 weeks ago

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