Originally posted by AKIron
They care very much that many do not worship their God. If you can't see this then you are blind.
As do many fundamentalist Christians.
I don't believe that Islam is on a crusade to rid the world of infidels, regardless of how some fundamentalists may interpret the Koran and regardless of what some propaganda machine would lead anyone to believe.
But if actions and policies offend a society (such as support for Israel, maintaining troops in the Gulf, exporting a culture which a religious group finds offensive, etc.) do you really think that occupying a Muslim nation, further imposing your values and ideals and, when the people resist, shooting them, is going to make the situation better?
If this is in fact a "Holy War" you better be prepared to either (a) shed a lot of blood over the next few decades or (b) simply eradicate the problem in its entirety.