What do you think I've been doing all summer? Look, I've read so many texts in translation, I've translated texts. When you're translating to an English audience, it's "praise be to God." Of course Islamic-dictionary.com is going to use Allah. Besides, something tells me the language skills of the folks are Islamic-dictionary.com aren't exactly the best in the world. Christ. This whole point is moot anyway! Allah means God in Arabic. It's the same damn word and the same damn God.
The nation of Pakistan was on the verge of spontaneously combusting when Bush was in office, because he backed a dictator who spent more time fighting democracy than terrorism. It only took the assassination of a universally loved political opponent and the supression of the country's judiciary for the Republican party to stop giving Musharaff the benefit of the doubt and to actually recognize a growing civil rights movement that had just been begging for support. One of the main reasons we've seen progress in Pakistan of late, is because the populace has finally found a government that fosters democracy and its motivated them to turn on extremist factions.
Because that is the way the expression was translated on several links I found. Besides, when a Muslim refers to God, it's always "Allah," which is very different from the Christian God of the New Testament.
Yeah, those Pakistanis really hated us under Bush. But, apparently, not as much as they hate us now under Obama: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news...-says-u.s.-is-greatest-threat-2009-08-09.html
Anti-American/anti-Western sentiments will always be a constant in Middle Eastern and Islamic countries. The key thing to note is that, under Bush, those sentiments manifested themself into support for Islamic extremism. Right now, you see Pakistanis visibly rejecting those extremist factions. What America has done since Bush left office is foster a Pakistani government that can inspire the trust and support of their populace, while remaining on friendly terms with the West.
The word God means two different things in the English language: (1) A Christian God that is referred to throughout the Bible (2) The concept of a single omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent power Both the Christian God and the Arabic word 'Allah' are examples of (2). So, you can translate the word 'Allah' into God without any difficulties.
Let's see Wilson was president and ushered us into WWI. Roosevelt was president when we went to Europe and the Pacific to fight World War II and Kennedy and Johnson ushered us into Vietnam. Hmm the three biggest foreign military adventures this country has been involved in all started by Democrats. Oh and the only unequivocally good war (WW II) was started and finished by Democrats. Once again Shooter it's you vs. Historical and Scientific fact.
For the last 30 years, Democrat presidents (Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama) have been a very different breed. Unlike the presidents you mentioned, they've been bleeding heart liberals who only use the military when they need to somehow alter their public image, as Clinton did when he needed to distract everybody from the Monica Lewinsky mess. That's why I said, 'in my experience . . . "
Don't forget about Benazir Bhutto's assassination. That certainly did not help the situation in Pakistan.
I'm pretty sure that's who Chutney meant by a "universally loved political opponent" that was assassinated.
