No, I don't think they would make peace with the US if we left the region. They us the US occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan as an excuse to hate America. If we leave they will find another excuse or focus more on other insane rhetoric. The conflict lies within them, and it must be resolved within them.
Do you think they dislike us because we support Israel?No Muslims wanted to destroy America until 1948...
Just saying :shrug:
That's because there are no radical Christian theocracies that are bent on destroying another nation...Nothing has worked with radical christians yet, so I don't know what would work with radical muslims.
I've heard people say that radical Muslims are only angry at us because our soldiers are in the Middle East disrupting their countries.
Do you believe if we completely left all Muslim countries, the radical Muslims would make peace with the U.S. and not plan to terrorize us anymore (e.g. 9/11/2001)?
Nothing has worked with radical christians yet, so I don't know what would work with radical muslims.
They cannot compare since no radical Christian group that I know of is advocating killing thousands of people and saying they want to take over the government.
Did you miss the terrorists arrested in Michigan who planned to kill cops and bomb their funerals? Guess what, they where a radical christian group. That is only one example. Christians and muslims are nothing but two religions with very similar beliefs and the same drawing of radicals.
Now there is a difference. Radical militant Christians are a tiny fringe group within the religion today. Radical militant Muslims have a large scale following and significant power and influence in sections of the Islamic world.
And see, what I see is making excuses. Both religions attract a radical element. Both radical elements can be violent. Both try and demonize the other.
Did you miss the terrorists arrested in Michigan who planned to kill cops and bomb their funerals? Guess what, they where a radical christian group. That is only one example. Christians and muslims are nothing but two religions with very similar beliefs and the same drawing of radicals.
I've heard people say that radical Muslims are only angry at us because our soldiers are in the Middle East disrupting their countries.
Do you believe if we completely left all Muslim countries, the radical Muslims would make peace with the U.S. and not plan to terrorize us anymore (e.g. 9/11/2001)?
I've heard people say that radical Muslims are only angry at us because our soldiers are in the Middle East disrupting their countries.
Do you believe if we completely left all Muslim countries, the radical Muslims would make peace with the U.S. and not plan to terrorize us anymore (e.g. 9/11/2001)?
No. A radical will steadfastly believe in his position regardless of whether situations change or not. Radicals like this are not really interested in change. They are interested in destruction.
The animosity against the US comes directly from our intervention into the economic matters of other people. In supporting our economic interests we have successfully managed to piss of quite a few people while hiding under the rhetoric of peace and freedom. Remove that intervention and the overwhelming majority of the animosity disappears. Radical Muslims aren't the only ones with an axe to grind against the US. As somebody who has traveled to a few counties, I've realized in a lot of the countries that have a bad opinion of the US, we've intervened in favor of their oppressors. Cuba, Liberia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ethiopia, these are just some of the countries where people really do not like the US and one can't blame radical Islam. The only difference is the fervor and the ability to express their rhetoric. Whereas the Middle East is simply flowing with a pretty healthy base of people willing to fund terrorism, South America simply does not have the social infrastructure to do this. The elites in these nations put wealth before religion so the attacks are directed towards them. Bogota, Colombia was known as the car bomb capital of the world only a few decades ago. The rich in these countries are constantly being kidnapped for their support of American economic policies.
In the end, radicalism in the Middle East boils down to US intervention in the political and economic matters of the region. Our support of the Sha of Iran, Saddam Hussein, Mubarak and various others dictators has made Middle Eastern youth fall back on religion because they are totally disenfranchised. Sadly, there is a political and economic elite which has been disenfranchised right along with them and are more than willing to fund terrorism.
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