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Your argument would be wrong, but it could be argued nonetheless. The radical Islamist movements of today are a fairly recent development, formed as a reaction to being fought over by the atheist USSR and Christian US during the Cold War.
More equivocation (who saw that coming?).
Here is a direct question I have for you -who's the bigger threat to free society-the US or radical islam? Answer directly please.
By giving them no attention whatsoever. ISIS, will be disappearing soon.
I will defer to the results of this poll for my answer.
This is useless equivocation and frankly where I see libertarianism as being the most out of touch. I get it-you dont like religion-but religion is the state of most of the world and always has been. You are going to have to deal with that, and the tendencies of those groups.
Saying sorry and withdrawing will not address this issue.
Thats a poll from a lefty website, that compared nations-Im asking you if the US or radical islam is the bigger threat. Care to answer, or is it time to dance?
Bombing the crap out of them will not solve any issues either.
All you had to do was answer a simple question. How many years of tap and jazz have you taken?
Wahhabi goes back much longer, and Islam has a long history of slaughter, forcible conversion, or living under severe oppression-in fact thats exactly what ISIS and Boko are doing right now-we are seeing back in time to how the world used to be-except it still is under Islam in many places.
2000 nigerians are believed killed today after a Boko Haram attack. Yesterday many died in Paris by local muslims. In france on new years day alone, nearly 1000 cars were burned by islamic "protestors". ISIS continues to flourish.
World wide, the death toll continues to climb-whats clear is that the presence of islam often leads to violence, in fact many of the worlds current military conflicts involve islam in a significant way. We live in an international world, where relations between nations matter, and where many value a free society.
Is radical Islam compatible with a free society?
See what I mean?Funny it worked on Japan.
Funny it worked on Japan. See what I mean?
You know the difference. Japan is a country. Radical Islam is not confined to a single country. We cannot declare war on an ideology. Bombing in a declared war works because it can break the backbone of a nation. Atomic bombs broke the Japanese backbone. In a war on radical ideology, there is only a fraction of people that see themselves as enemies of the US, but every time we kill an innocent civilian that number climbs.By killing people we do not break the backbone of the radical Islamists, we only strengthen it.
Radical Islam. Radical.
That was almost 70-years ago and we ended up using nukes. I don't believe that we're going to win the war on terror with nukes.
Certainly it will.Bombing the crap out of them will not solve any issues either.
That's nonsense. Islamic terrorism was around long before George Bush became President and it will continue after BHO, until they learn the error of their ways.Every person that died, was wounded, etc. in G.W. Bush's un-necessary war in Iraq has relatives, friends and fellow tribesmen who are looking for some pay-back.
"What goes around, comes around."
What we're seeing on this planet right now is karma.
Radicalize any religion and it;s not compatible to a free society.
Islam also has a long history of tolerance and peaceful coexistence and stuff. Reactionary elements seize power in certain times and places, and liberal elements do in others. The current round of reactionaries is in response to the Cold War, and while it draws inspiration from previous ones, it's its own unique set of arseholes.
That was almost 70-years ago and we ended up using nukes. I don't believe that we're going to win the war on terror with nukes.
I know Turkey is trying to be as secular as possible, but radical islam is a factor there as well, especially recently. Its still tense on the island as I understand it. And my family is greek, so I know the story.
You know the difference. Japan is a country. Radical Islam is not confined to a single country. We cannot declare war on an ideology. Bombing in a declared war works because it can break the backbone of a nation. Atomic bombs broke the Japanese backbone. In a war on radical ideology, there is only a fraction of people that see themselves as enemies of the US, but every time we kill an innocent civilian that number climbs. By killing people we do not break the backbone of the radical Islamists, we only strengthen it.
Certainly it will.
The fools they use as suicide bombers may believe in the 72 virgins waiting for them, or immortality as a martyr, but their handlers tend to be a great deal more sophisticated than that and they don't want a bomb crashing through their ceilings. You may need a couple of them, like Japan, but they'll soon get the drift.
That's nonsense. Islamic terrorism was around long before George Bush became President and it will continue after BHO, until they learn the error of their ways.
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