Originally posted by Brenjen
Can't it be an equal percentage of both? I have felt the attacks on 9-11 were the begining of WWIII. We should not back down even if it becomes nation vs. nation to root out the ideaology of terrorism & radical islam.
They want a holy war to decide once and for all if the jews & christians have a right to exist, they have it. If that alienates long time allies of the U.S. so be it; anytime one of our allies has needed us we were there & gave whatever it took to help them including our blood.
If you make it into a new Crusade, you've already lost. There are millions of Muslims and other non-Christian US citizens. Freedom of religion, remember that?
You're just being baited. This isn't a war about religion, and don't let it become one. It's war about hegenomy. The reason that Iraq and Iran are disenfranchised members of the world community is because they made all the wrong choices. They overthrew the Shah in the late 1970s and preferred to revert to the dark ages. They could have been like India is now. India has 83,000 millionaires living there. They are taking jobs from Microsoft, Dell and Cisco and putting them there. That could have been Iran. They chose religious extremeism, they only have oil to sustain that outlook. Otherwise, they'd be North Korea and have to starve the population. Only the oil economy keeps them in line, Iran wants to westernize badly. All the signs are there.
No, make it about getting rid of the religious zealots. To do that, we need to marginalize all of ours. No more Pat Robertson getting to be on tv saying he talks to God and Jesus told him we should assassinate Chavez in Venezuela. Robertson, Falwell and the religious right are nuts. Rockerfeller Republicans need to take their party back from people like that.
This is about captalism. About free societies where business can move along. These extremeists use religion as a tool to get kids to become suicide bombers for them. I bet they don't even believe it themselves at the top levels. Bin Laden was a playboy with a Bentley before he went extreme. He knew he had to wrap himself in the guise of religous zealtry to get the job done. Unmask him for what he is. A bull**** Muslim version of a televangilist. Trying to keep his people in the dark ages, because he's on a ego trip.
Let's move in and take the oil from them. They say "this is our land, the West has no right to take our oil". Sorry, that's not how we play the game. These regimes forfeit their sovergnity once they embrace terrorism. Now we move in and take what we want and push them to the edge. Europeans did it to the native americans. Clash of cultures, and the more progressive technologically advanced culture wins. So, let's get on with it and get gas prices down.
