Originally posted by RedTop
Wow....I said all that?
Bascially Im done with this....
Noone here has a clue what to do about Iraq...or this screwed up country we live in. No ideas..nothing
Just blame games and name calling.
Hi Redtop!
I know it's frustrating... I am frustrated. I think all of us are frustrated.
Even the Islamic non-violent are terminally fustrated... and they have been fustrated and ill-treated by all this a lot longer than we, the non-Islamic, have.
The reason for the thread is because no one anywhere seems to have a clue... YET ... as to what to do about the centuries old ongoing Islamic Holy War being waged against non-Islamic nations and peoples of the world.
We are making progress on the thread topic, in my view. Lots of layers to peel back and many have been now.
Original thought is something any human is capable of once the way is cleared. I love the story about the kid on a bike who stopped to watch a team of men... experts trying to figure out how to extract a stuck truck from under a bridge.
The kid tugged on a guy's shirt sleeve and said... "Why don't you let the air out of the tires?" The rest was history. Now I don't know if that was urban legend or not but the idea of original thought is no less powerful.
Collective Brainstorming is very powerful.
Hang in there! You just might get the idea that works triggered from something someone else says. And also clarity of realization as to why things have been done, and are being done, that don't cure the problem and instead addresses the symptoms.
Yes, it is extremely disheartening to realize our failures... sticking our collective heads in the sand about it and denying it doesn't make it better; rather, worse.
I have been seeing Iran react to the pressure applied by the Allies by rattling their sabers... taunting us... saying... They are no Iraq... screw with us and you will loose. Sounds like typical schoolyard behavior to me.
Iran is a bully in the Islamist world.
To me, their religion is both their strength and their weakness.
How can we exploit that? Politically and Militarily and on the Religion playing field?
I think we have to confront on all three of these.
I think the politicians of the Western Powers grossly missed the mark in understanding these people and what to do about it. It may even require changes to law concerning Religion to clear a path to dealing with them.
What about an internal Islamic Revolution? And help the majority of Islamists reform Islam and the Quran and then clean house of the power wielding portion called Militant/Extremist Islamics who are causing all the grief?
We have to learn about Islam to a depth to even talk to Islamists about the Quran and it's mandate: to convert all nations and peoples of the world or failing to convert them; execute them.
This simply does not cut it and should not be protected under the guise of Religion nor allowed to stand.
We won't win by giving up...
I think Iran is not nearly so brave as they make themselves out to be.
Iran is next on the list, along with Syria.
TIGERESS