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03/18/2004: "Oh, so that's why they did it"

Some Christian clerics know exactly who's reponsible for the over 200 deaths of innocent people in Madrid last week: us.

Some members of the clergy have condemned the Iraq war, and expressed regret that it was behind the bombings in Madrid. In an address during the Sunday service at St Andrew’s Church, Rugby, the Rev Mark Beach said: "The people of Madrid are reaping the fruits of our intolerance towards those of different races and religions. The war in Iraq was never going to solve the problems of that region but instead inflamed Arab people all over the world to new heights of anger towards the west."

"Blame the victim" isn't normally a Christian approach to cold-blooded mass murder, but if it gives us a chance to attack the West, some will go for it every time. Rev. Beach might have also explained how the war in Iraq provoked the bombing of the World Trade Center, but never got around to it. We'll look for that next Sunday.

Thanks to Christopher Johnson for providing the link.

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on Friday, March 19th, Baillie said

The really surreal aspect of the elites' attacks on the West is that part of what drives the jihadis is their distaste for the open decadence and sexual immorality that plague our cultures. For some strange reason, the intelligentsia and Hollywood don't see a need to change Western behavior on that front.