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In reply to the discussion: Ben Carson: Founding Fathers, ISIS Both 'Willing to Die For What They Believed In' [View all]MisterP
(23,730 posts)40. and the Contras--same death toll as ISIS, but without the legitimacy
ISIS can hold land and police it
but that's not fair: not all the mujahedeen were proto-Taliban
some were just plain opium-smugglers
he also praised Pol Pot until they couldn't blame all the deaths on the Vietnamese any more
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Ben Carson: Founding Fathers, ISIS Both 'Willing to Die For What They Believed In' [View all]
IDemo
Jan 2015
OP
So lets ask Ben Carson is HE willing to die for whatever it is HE believes in?
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2015
#1
I don't believe I KNOW they do....they believe that America was created by God....
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2015
#4
they give this supposedly omnipotent old guy who lives in the clouds.....
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2015
#62
We must fight back with more than pens...something more is needed, but what, they control the media?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#7
SDA's, of whom Carson is one in good standing, are very, very conservative
Adsos Letter
Jan 2015
#33
He is willing to send others in to die for him...how much further is the line crossed into sedition?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#3
I can respect a guy who is in it for the money, in one way, at least that person
randys1
Jan 2015
#11
Carson the hypocrite who used every govt program in the book to get his Degrees...
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2015
#42
Does he even know that there were "non-Americans" helping to fight the Revolutionary War? Like...
Moonwalk
Jan 2015
#29
He doesn't know the difference between "willing to die for your beliefs" and "willing to kill those
Boomerproud
Jan 2015
#35
heck, it's probably only thanks to his astrologer that we're all still breathing, since she tricked
MisterP
Jan 2015
#60
His message backs up the believes of many conservatives and Republicans. I really think that many
sammy750
Jan 2015
#56
"Ben Carson Shilled For Notorious Company That Promoted Quack Aids, Cancer Cures"
red dog 1
Jan 2015
#57