Prescott mourns Kayla Mueller death

Her idealism took her there. I am sure she saved lots of lives.  I do not call her stupid.  Note she was kidnapped from a relatively safe area. The bastards who kidnapped her are the stupid ones and the cowards

shaitaan, starting jerk threads dumping on a dead woman with more character in her little finger than u probably have displayed in your entire coward life must make u feel real macho and worldly

dude, the family just started to mourn

shyte like this is not what an iconoclast does . . . as would a child, u misread Christopher Hitchens

smfh

It's easy to admire people with noble humanistic ideals. As we should (generally). Such admiration must be tempered by good sense. These people put themselves in harm's way in hot war zones and when they get caught they place their home governments (especially in democracies) in the awkward position of negotiating with thugs, sending military forces on mission impossible scenarios, or doing nothing and getting bashed for callousness. And then of course, the mental and emotional anguish they put their families at home through either through the uncertainty of their captivity or through watching their beheading on the internet.

P.S....I freely admit my personal bias. I think people who are not in an armed force or accompanied by an armed force for a specific governmental purpose should not venture into areas of armed conflict especially where one side thinks the Geneva Convention is an insult to Allah's Divine Will.

A good person. Who saw the worth of fellow humans regardless of race, color, creed and religion.

It doan surprise if that place is nuked soon.  

what a disgrace . . . attempting to wrap your loutishness in the American flag

military service notwithstanding . . . typical 3rd world poser freighted with all the attendant ignar baggage never really left behind

your late great uncle has a condolences thread pinned on GNI where decent people are paying their respects . . . have you no shame?

I do not think it is wrong for him to have that position. One does not meander alone into a hot zone. It puts many lives at stake including soldiers lives who would because of public sentiment have to try all they can to rescue them. I do not know what or how she got into her fix but I agree many lives were lost and millions spent to get trying to get her. I however,  mourn with her parents.

look, I have no issue with that position either . . . too bad it took what it took to get from there to there

it is the inflammatory, mean spirited, bully boy topic header (mercifully edited by admin) that got my goat

yes, it IS cowardly to do a gratuitous dance on an innocent dead woman's still warm grave for sport and then try to weasel out after the fact because people began to notice

these things must be said!

Do you support it getting nuked?

Sorry I took so long to reply, I was busy killing some puppies and biting off the heads of newborn kittens.

I absolutely still maintain that this girl was an idiot for the reasons so stated. Or you're free to believe that people dying in horrible ways make me really happy.

Doing something stupid and then getting yourself killed does not absolve you from the objective viewpoint that it was stupid.

I hope other people think twice before wanderlusting into war zones. In case you don't know, war zones are bad places that tend to increase one's chances of death.

Actually, I will have to disagree with seignet for reasons of strategery. I think it's in American interests to let the Islamic State run amok for a while longer. Gives the Muslims something to occupy their naturally violent tendencies with. I don't see how the Islamic State is our problem until they start interrupting oil supplies.

So what tendencies are driving the violence in the Ukraine? The only strategy I sense from you is your hope that someone notice your vitriol and reward you accordingly. People seeking political office make statements for the sake of making them only. 

Geopolitics. Russian imperialism etc. etc. All very normal things the international system can cope with. All perfectly respectable reasons to go to war with your neighbor over. Because we can solve those issues someday at a multilateral peace conference at The Hague or Paris. I don't know how one holds a peace conference to satisfy Allah and the Quran.

Which is why I applaud Obama's do-nothing approach he coined "strategic patience." Sometimes, one should do nothing.

Let me say something. I have no political ambitions anymore. I'm happy as a private citizen.

Also, I don't know how one gets "rewarded" for making brutally frank and unpopular opinions on an online forum. Maybe if I was seeking office in Alabama that might make sense. But that's not the case.

One of the most burdensome things about running for even minor office is that you have to either conceal or flat out lie about unpopular beliefs you hold.

I sincerely hold unpopular beliefs. It's not that complicated buddy.

And this is where those Muslim militants fooled the entire world. They are after the same geopolitical objectives but use the religious angle because it gives then leverage.

Hating on Islam and Muslims is not unpopular.

thanks Captain Obvious

please don't bother to crayon your retro Darth Vader costume in even more sinister colors on my behalf . . . i am not impressed by that adolescent nonsense

rev did it better with his platform shoes and nasty pictures

yaaaaawwwn

I'm not worried about ISIS. ISIS will kill a lot of people (mostly Muslims) until they get wiped out.

The problem is the so-called "moderate" Muslims who are bombing Western newspapers for cartoons in their "home" countries and calling for Sharia in London and who want a prayer room in every public space.

That to me is the real danger. The snake that is "peaceful" Islam slithering into our bosom and layering her venomous eggs in fragile Western democracies.

Then I would advise you to get used to those moderate Muslims because they are not going anywhere. In fact their numbers are up, obviously much to your disappointment.

They will remain. But they will learn to live like civilized folks. They will obey Western laws, Western mores, Western customs. Quaint notions such as honor killings and cartoon violence will not be tolerated. And no masjids will be built on sites of Islamic Terrorism to commemorate Allah's hatred for infidels.

You will all bend to Western Civilization. Not the other way around.

If you truly believe this then you would not be behaving like a stark lunatic.

Well, this won't happen by itself. We have to make it happen. Especially as you Muslims have found ready allies in useful idiot liberals.

People are fighting back. Look at most Muslim kids today, apostates or secret apostates.

Thought you were smart to know that kids go through a stage when they are seeking to understand themselves and the world around them. Sure they don't necessarily don the burqa and kurta but as their accomplishments catches up with their dreams, they almost always go back to their roots. Looks like you were fooled again bai.  

Well I wish you luck chap. My side comes heavily armed with lakes of booze. Vast warehouses of porn. Strip clubs stocked with nothing but genetic bubby freaks. And fields of marijuana. And mountains of cocaine.

The battle is on!

The battle is only in your head bai.

Well, when Western Muslims (born and bred in the West) no longer feel like killing cartoonists I will agree with you and we can stop talking about this.

I can go back to my first hobby of being rude to my Christian relatives and leave my Muslim relatives alone to their Quran and halal booze.

Then you have a predicament. As long as you live in the free world, you will not be able to avoid some Western Muslims (born and bred in the West) feeling like killing cartoonists amongst others (after all Richard Ried was born and bred in the UK). No less than you would be able to avoid someone putting a bullet in your head over a parking space. Or someone shooting up a theater or school. Even road rage would test your patience and tolerance. The question is if for your own sanity, you can handle it.

Can't you Muslims just learn to kill people over parking spots or shoot up a theater full of people like normal well adjusted psychos?

Our system can handle this kinda behavior. Terrorism however is another story.

For my own good, I don't own a gun. I don't think the stresses of modern society is conducive to gun ownership.For one, I have too many parking space arguments regularly

No geopolitical advantage is or can be gained given the positions taken. It is clear these people cannot hold territory ( inclusive of military might) given their murderous rampages, incompatibility with life, that they build nothing, grown nothing and have no friends or allies except from the disparate ranks of the idiots in our societies. One cannot live on religion alone. They are all dead men walking. Note the fighters leaving Europe are already prevented from coming back with their passports being suspended and rights taken away. Belgium just convicted 40.

I'm in.

of course you are in

Ironically, it's the existence of "moderate" "Muslims" like me who give the infidels the impression that it's possible for all Muslims to live as peaceful, decent, loyal, members of Western society.

I'm certain many people have judged Muslims in general favorably by my personal interaction with them.

You're welcome!

Glad to hear that you are being a worthy representative of Allah.

I'm used to representing criminals!

You're a badd ass.hehehe

Then yuh should have no trouble finding wuk amongst yuh normal community.   Yuh been spending lots ah time lately pun GNI. Soon as de snow melt off and expose all de normal crimes hidden below yuh will have tuh fuh back tuh wuk full time.   Enjoy yuh time off bai.