Islam - A Religion of Peace?

If you believe this, can I sell you a bridge in Manhattan? Do you really think that when all our troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan, there will be peace and no more terrorism. The words "War on Terrorism" might have been changed to "Overseas Contingency Operations",  but the former is still very much evident. Islamic terrorism is not new. Just look at the chronology perpetrated by these "peaceful" Muslims:

1. 1979   Iran seized our American Embassy in Tehran and held Americans hostage for 444 days. An inept Carter was President at the time. He tried to conduct a clandestine raid in the desert which was an abject failure.

2. 1983(April)   A large vehicle packed with explosives was driven into the US Embassy in Beirut and killed 63 people.

3. 1983(October)   A large truck with over 2500 pounds of TNT smashed through the main gate of the US Marine Corps headquarters in Beirut and killed 241 US servicemen.

4. 1983(December)   A truck loaded with explosives was driven into the US Embassy in Kuwait.

5. 1984(September)   Another van was driven into the gate of the US Embassy in Beirut.

6. 1985(April)   A bomb was exploded in a restaurant frequented by US soldiers in Madrid.

7. 1985(August)   A Volkswagen loaded with explosives was driven into the main gate of the US Air Force Base at Rhein-Main and killed 22 people.

8. 1985October)   The Achille Lauro cruise ship was hijacked. An American in a wheelchair was executed.

9. 1986 (April)   TWA Flight 840 was bombed and 4 people were killed.

10. 1988(December)  Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland and killed 270 people.

11. 1993(January)   Two CIA agents were shot and killed as they entered CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

12. 1993(February)   A terrorist group was arrested after their van packed with explosives was driven into the underground parking garage of the World Trade Center. Six people were killed and over 1000 were injured.

13. 1995(November)   A car bomb was exploded at a US military complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and killed seven service men and women.

14. 1996(June)   A truck bomb was exploded 35 yards from the US military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. It destroyed the Khobar Towers (a US Air Force barracks), killing 19 people and injuring over 500 more.

15. 1998(August)   The US Embassies at Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were simultaneously attacked and 224 people were killed.

16. 2000(October)   The USS Cole was docked in the port of Aden, Yemen for refueling. A small craft exploded alongside the ship and killed 17 US Navy sailors. Attacking a US war ship is an act of war. Can you say - President "do-nothing" Clinton?

17. 2001(September)   As you have read, this was certainly not the first attack by Muslim fanatics. Over 3000 deaths occurred on this fateful day.

According to President Obama, "Islam has always been part of our American family".  He made this comment on August 10,2011 at an Iftar dinner at the White House. This event is the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during the Islamic month of Ramadan. If Obama seems so comfortable with Islam, maybe he should invite some of the relatives of the above peace loving group and break bread with them! He might think that we are not at war with them (address to Tukey's parliament, April 2009), but they are at war with America.