Ah yes---the peaceful religion.

Lovely Muslim people...
Does anyone ever recall hearing anything good being said followed by the word muslim... Anyone?

If this is the punishment for the slaves then what will be the punishment for the master?

Kids doing a beheading? What's the world coming to? Islam is the devil's religion

Jerry - you need to read up on the historical backgrounds behind Christianity and Islam before posting something so stupid.

History shows that Islam originally was peaceful and based upon Mohammad's teachings, they considered Jewish and Christians their brothers since they all worshiped the same God. But that all changed when a political war in Constantinople was twisted by the Pope as a religious war which led to the Crusades. And it's been one side of extremists against the other ever since.

"Ah yes--the peaceful religion."

And to the militants, more than a religion, a nation -- Their goal being not to convert everyone to the religion of Islam, but to force everyone to line under the RULE of the nation-state of Islam. This is one reason why they can behead prisoners. They don't care how it makes the religion look.

I look forward to the day we will be able to visit the beautiful glass beaches of the pakistan/afghan tribal lands.

This has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with the barbarism intrinsic to the nature of the grudge they bear against American ideologies.
Quite blaming Islam. They gave no reason pertaining to it.

The sooner that people realize that God didn’t create man, but that man created God, the better off the rest of the planet will be. I’ve learned over the past 7 years that the people that proclaim themselves to be the most religious are simply using religion to hide behind their shortcomings in life. If we could all go back several thousand years to a time where people worshipped the Sun Gods, the Earth Gods, etc the world would be a much more peaceful place and there would be less killing in the name of someone’s God. Religion is more of a business than it is a peaceful, non-pedophile way of life… just ask any Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jew, etc

It truly is a shame that peope continue to think that islam is a radical religion. Statements full of sarcasm like, "Ah yes---the peaceful religion.", are full of just as much ignorance and hate as these fundamentalists have. You don't know the truth and so you fear what you don't understand.
It is a shame that these terrorists call themselves muslims. Like most religious fundamentalists, they twist what was good and holy into something that is nothing like what true islamic practice is. If anything, its unfortunate that they usually come out the winners in this part of psychological warfare.

Where are the snipers when you need them?

"teenage boys?" I think these young murderer re-define the term and are fair game.

Maybe now other countries will bother themselves to get involved in this conflict?

Pay attention, America. This is the result when religion, any religion, and politics are mixed. RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING.

And our "Christian" leaders are less violent?

These people are crazy. This is not a religion, this is a disaster.

Kids having a bit of fun. Just imagine if they overthrew the Pakistani government and got hold of real nuclear weapons. Not the make believe ones Iran is supposed to have.

I think the US should start making videos of lethal injections of radical islamists.

Members of Al Qaeda have some serious mental issues. I recommend that they see psychiatrists asap.

Children now beheading people? Several pakistan military being held in the lawless tribal area’s of Pakistan and other areas?

Isn’t this the same area that Musharref had surrounded about 6 months ago, then backed off after the tribal idiots said they would stop committing terrorist acts if the military withdrew?
HAHAHAHA. What a bunch of idiots?

Anytime the Pakistan Army fights a battle this will give them encourgement to fight these sicko religious nut cases to the death. The Taliban nor al Queda care if they poison young children into doing their dirty work for them. And people in the US wonder why we are over there. Given the way the US State Department has handed out Visa's in the past, there is no doubt many of those same type of people are over here in the US.

Jerry, it is a peaceful religion, but unfortunately, like the US congress, everyone has their innovators in society. In our case, the Talib, Al Qaeda and extremist like Abu Hamza.

A nuclear armed Pakistan in the hands of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, is a lot more worrying than imaginary nuclear weapons in Iran.

What's wrong with these people....actually more sub-human in reality...

And yet...SOME in this country want these people to have all the rights of a US citizen in court...

Go figure...

Jerry - do you seriously confuse Islamic radicals with all Muslims? That's like saying that the IRA represents all Catholics.

Jerry, Why blame the religion? When America drops bombs on civilians, do you blame Christianity? Can you discern the bias and bigotry?

Kathy - why do you keep confusing the actions of violent radicals with the beliefs of all Muslims? That would be like judging all Americans by the actions of the Ku Klux Klan.

How do you know that it is not the CIA or the Mossad that is behind this? Really - who is behind this?

As The Terrorist committ beheadings of POW's and slaughter children / little girls for going to school. Democrat / Leftist / Liberals cryyyyyyyyyyy for the poor Terrorist being held down in Gitmo and do all they can to stop the US from spying on them, to give then "rights" and set then free

This is the very place where Bin Laden and a few other high value targets are suspected to be hiding.

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...

John Mcgilvray - To answer your question, yes, Christians ARE less violent. To prove my point, just ask yourself this question - if you were being held as a prisoner of war, would you rather be held by a Christian or a Muslim? To me, the answer is obvious. Christians are more compassionate. Yes, a Christian could push a button to drop a bomb from a B-52, as could a Muslim, but he could likely not terrorize someone by beheading him in front of a video camera to be shown to their family. You may not see a difference, but I do. Don't lump Christians in with these hate-filled barbarian lunatics, and brainwashed al-Qaeda teenagers.

SteveLTColUSMC. . .I couldn't have said it better myself!

History smishistory....what you do in the here and now is what counts and we can all see the blood on the knife and the headless bodies. Wake up people, before it happens here.

Fadeel, how do you know that the CIA or Mossad IS behind this? Because your radical muslim leaders tell you so?! How silly! The overstretched CIA and Mossad have much better ways of spending their time but, quite apparently, al Qaeda's idle young recruits do not.

We should be in Pakistan to do something about bin Laden. Instead we're in Iraq fighting terrorists that were never there before we came. The War on Terror is a sham. It's a war to get oil. If the Bush administration was serious about fighting terrorism, Osama Bin Laden would not be still be free in Pakistan to rebuild Al-Quaeda with these kids.

God bless our troops in harms way and around the world. Keep safe and take down these monsters with extreme prejudice.

Children of the corn.

I have not heard one positive word about muslims, mohammed or islam. Is this where we are going? If we nuke the mountain regions of pakistan and afghanistan, will this cause other terrorist to rise up or step down? I don't think it could hurt at this point. God bless our troops and GW.

When are we going to hear the deafening outcry or see the Muslims protesting against the highjacking of their religion?
Their silence speaks volumes.

The amount of ethnocentrism shown in these posts truly goes to show that we, as Americans, can't critically think for ourselves anymore. So let me for you. There are evil people in every group/religion/idealogy; those that will subvert the intended message of a belief to suit their own needs. Blaming Islam, blaming Christianity, it's all in vain as you fail to look at the larger picture. This is a message to both sides: You can get through this mess in only 1 of 2 ways....either through using your mind and tolerating each other or extermination. Which one you teach your child as a more valuable trait is up to you.

Tom | Oct 30, 2007 4:22:37 PM - Dear Tom, if we look not to far in the past, but say only in the past 20 years, you will see that millions of Muslims (and not only Muslims as well) were and still are slaughtered by the so called "peaceful" and "civilized" judeo-christians! Only in Iraq over a million children under age of 5 were murdered by starvation and lack of medicaments. If we want to figure out which religion is the most evil, I would say - by far the Christianity is the champion!

"God bless our troops in harms way and around the world. Keep safe and take down these monsters with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: MarinesCallmeDoc | Oct 30, 2007 4:48:04 PM" ========== That's nice but how about real leadership and real strategy to get Al-Quaeda? Pulling troops out of Afghanistan and Pakistan to go to Iraq is not the way to do it. Bush is all talk without any real commitment to getting Bin Laden.

Steven: Actually it's wolfs in sheeps clothing that misrepresent God.I agree that many hide behind their religion. These extremists are using religion.I believe that religion has been hijacked by the religious.God wants a relationship with us, not for us to be religious.We should be living Christ like. There's no point in following a religion if you're only going to be good while in church and bad when you're not. Wolfs in sheeps clothing.

It's not the religion that's the problem - it's the poverty and crap governments that plague much of the mid-east and asia. These kids think they can find what they are looking for in these religious schools...but mostly it will lead them to a violent end. A tiny % of the muslim population thinks and acts this way. The peace loving rest of us suffer the degredation of our religion due to these nut-jobs. You can find extremist about any religion.

These people are insane! I dont really know what else to say. CNN and others like to say christians can be extreme too (which is true) but we dont cut peoples heads off and video tape it.

I tell you,it's wolf in sheeps clothing.Claiming to be something they are not.And it doesn't only happen in religions either.

Dear Tom;
McGilvray did not ask a question. He made a true statement and gave a warning that America best heed. We do not need another president with a penchant for religious war or whose religion encourages the end of the world to satisfy a biblical prophecy.
He is correct, RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING!

i know of another violent religion, its really popular in the good old usa. its not into beheadings, but they have burned thier fair share of witches.

GO GOD, WAR, GREED, AND IGNORANCE, GO.
bombing and shooting, is no better than beheading.

All religions that preach conversion such as Islam and Christianity are likely to invoke violence if all else fails. It happened during the Crusades and is happening since the beginning with Islam. Such religions are like political establishments and so they need as many members as possible to broaden their power. Faith should be left between an individual and god.

Also, If I were captive I think the last group of people I'd want to be held by would be meat-eating radical muslims. For them people are no different than animals.

It speaks volumes that these filthy old men would con children to do their dirty work for them. They have no honor or courage, they are a shame to their people. Their only power is that of evil. They are lower than crap. They should kill themselves, and save the world a lot of time and trouble.

I bet Muhammad, Mohammed, Muhammed, Mahomet whatever variation you want...is in a special place right now...if you know what I mean...

Religion and Politics, two favorite boltholes of the socially inept and the ignorant.

The War on Terror is currently being fought by killing terrorists and their families. This only breeds hatred and resent, and they will get back at us in any way possible -- since they don't have huge bunker buster bombs like us, beheadings on video and suicide bombings will suffice. Terrorism is a symptom of oppression and anger moreso than religious fundamentalism, it is not an enemy that can be defeated. We should instead figure out WHY these people resort to terror and work to fix those issues... but these issues are kept hidden because indeed, it's much easier and more profitable to kill the angry people that result from megacorporations raping a country's economy than to actually stop raping them. There will soon be a reckoning... just ~5 more years!

Ah yes.......the peaceful religion

JT you are so right. All we can do is make sure our own daily actions do not support the violence of the world in any way, and trust that God will deal with every evil action in His perfect timing.

John McGilvray - Sorry, my post was in response to hobart97, not you. My mistake. I actually tend to agree with you - religion poisons everything. Still, I prefer to believe in a God, and most religions have NOTHING to do with the loving God I believe in. Also, I never voted for Bush. He is mistakenly trying to bring democracy, not Christianity, to a country that doesn't seem to want it very badly. Our presence in Iraq has only brought more radicals into that country, who's main purpose is to kill Americans and disrupt any attempt at making peace there.

A question for John McGilvray and others. I seem to remember a guy by the name of Slobodan Milosevic who was a christian. He just didn't do his deeds in front of a camera. Nobody wanted to be his prisoner. Historically, religion has been the root of too many wars by all sides.

Stop blaming everything on religion, isn't anyone responsible for their own actions anymore? Isn't the basis of religion to be peaceful and if you don't follow any religion don't you know right from wrong?.....teach children not to be followers be leaders do what's right, when killing is right we no longer will have anything else to say.

After reading all of yours comments
i just want to ask whether US has justified his war on IRAQ! now those who lost their families because of american bombings, they will consider it right as they are the victims.

Please, all the apologist for Islam, explain the current conflict in Thailand. Or the dearth of freedom in most Islamic countries.

Thankfully, those precious little children didn't put dirty women underbags on their heads. I'm sure those Pakistan soldiers prefered having their heads removed, while still alive, with dull Knives!
Anyone commenting on the Religion of Peace needs to read the Quran, the Haydiths and the Sira. Then comment. It's self explanitory. Of course, It didn't take the inteligence of Einstin to read Mein Kaumpf and decide Hitler meant it and booked!

Jeff D, we already KNOW why these people in Pakistan are resorting to this...it's no secret...

Listen who cares if its religion or not. these are teenage boys, taught from a very young age to kill...what about those kids? The whole situation is absolutely mind-blowing if you ask me...something needs to be done to ensure a bright and healthy future for these kids.

This is more CIA/Mossad propaganda. And by the way, if people really want a bright future for these kids start by removing the American corporations that are raping the resources that would provide for such a future. Or better yet, get off the couch and go to Pakistan and show them how to do it. Until then, you had better concentrate on the next - and last - war this administration is trying to start. Also, look into Islam, they have as many different flavors as does Christianity. To lump them all together is intellectually lazy and stupid.

Robert

it's a good thing our leaders are against this sort of violence. We draw the line at hooking car batteries to their packages, breaking bones with bats, pulling fingernails, waterboarding, and other pleasantries. In the name of what, again? Freedom? Freedom from what? Tyranny? I think beheading is wrong, but they haven't done it any other way for the last several thousand years. We did get it right as a nation on August 18, 1920, a full 8 months after January 16, 1920. Tony Out.

Islamic religion is a cult and should be dealt with as such.

To another_canadian_beaver - You claim that Christianity is the most evil of all religions? And yet you live in a mostly Christian country (Canada)and so do I (USA). OK, so maybe you should pack up and move over to one of those wonderful Muslim countries, such as Iran, where, in their president's words "there are no gays" (translation - anyone who admits they are gay is shot), or maybe Afganistan, where women who try to get an education are murdered, along with their teachers, by the Talaban. Then tell me how you like living in that environment. You're sounding a little too much like that American al Qaeda guy who hangs out with Osama Bin Ladin. Maybe you should think a little more about what you write before you make outlandish statements. Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those "America - love it or leave it" types. There are plenty of things wrong in both our countries, but I'd still rather live here than anywhere else, and try to fix our problems. Yes, the Crusades were horrible, but they were a very long time ago and have little to do with Christianity today. Remember, the Muslims have also been warring for thousands of years, and it looks like they will never stop.

I wonder if anybody fully understood that all wars are about power, not religion. Religion is only a facade behind which leaders hide in order to indoctrinate and brainwash weaker personalities. There is no such thing as good Christians and mean Muslims or the reverse, the focus is about who wants to dominate and take control.
The horrific and brutal display of cruelty most average Muslim terrorists adopt stems from tribal culture and the lack of more sophisticated technologies which leaves them with visually shocking proofs of " dominant behavior " to implant fear.
True that no Christian would ever dream of waiving a bleeding severed head as a deterrent, but to my knowledge when a supposed traitor is caught, they certainly don't take it lightly.
They just have other means, according to their more civilized culture, such as life imprisonment sentences.
No matter how you see it, war is always dirty.
That said, we should also consider the degree of education, values and beliefs in that part of the world: in Countries where women who have cheated are publicly stoned, thieves have their hand chopped off and people delight in public executions of their own siblings, it must not come as a surprise if youngsters proudly show off their trophies. They have been taught since very early childhood in local madrasas the unconditional hatred towards the western world, perceived as evil, so for them there is no room for developing personal insight. They are not able to recognize that they are themselves under control.
Ideology permeates their minds.
And ideology combined with a very strong sense of belonging and obedience is both their strength and their limitation, in that the power stays in the hands of very few, while millions of others follow deafly and blindly.
In our self-centered, individualistic world this cohesion might seem a point in their favor, but history has proven the contrary.
Dictatorships don't ever pay off and if Arabs complain about the loss of prestige occurred over the centuries, they should consider their tendency to surrender to the will of a handful of persons, instead of fighting to obtain freedom of thought and speech.

Annabel
from Italy

Yet another glaring example of the results of religious extremism. There sure has been (and continues to be) a "whole lot of hurting going on in the name of religion". There will never be any real peace in the world until religious extremism is no longer an issue which unfortunately , is likely to never occur. One way or another , these maniacs won't be happy till they make Armageden a reality. Its like the Holy Rollers [?] religion that didn't believe in sex --- there aren't any of them left. Unless we find a way to cancel-out these extreme beliefs , our grandchildren's fate is sealed. Religion should be required to carry a warning label: 'Being a "follower" can be hazardous to your health and lead to mass extinction'.

I can't help but wonder ; If in the big scheme of things , the "human condition" is such that these extreme 'instincts' are the human equivilant of the "Lemmings" jumping off the cliff and are designed into our species as a "population control" measure !?! Nature can be awful cruel sometimes.

Each Human on this planet, has their own Higher Power and as humans, we are ALL responsible for our actions. Is there a FINAL JUDGMENT? That is a real QUESTION.
For myself, my HP allows me to make mistakes and bad decisions, BUT I am always responsible for my actions. Humans made Religions, NOT GOD, BUDDHA, MUHAMMAD, CONFUCIUS, or any other DEITY.

Is George W. Bush the Christian version of the Anti-Christ? If you believe in that theory?

How much harm has the CIA done to our fellow humans in the name of the United States, in the War on Terrorism?

Would there be a "problem", if the US stopped supporting Israel and any Arab country. We are playing both ends against the middle. Would we even care about the middle East, if the world's oil supply be in and around Australia and off the Chinese coast? VERY DOUBTFUL.

Can you say "Wack Jobs!!!" Oh, but wait - aren't these freaks preaching the "Peaceful Religion" BS!!!

very very good