timberlandko wrote:That's plain to see, swolf. Also plain to see is that the thugs have got you just where they want you. Step back 70 years, move to Central Europe, substitute the word "Jews" for the word "Muslims", and you've got the same sentiment. In point of fact, anti-semitism is the root evil here; the jihadist's prime objective is to eradicate Israel, and by virtue of hindering them in that effort, we, The West,and in particular The US, have become targets, too. The Jihadists are the enemy, not the Muslims, just as the Nazis were the enemy, not the Germans. The jihadists' dream all but realized would be to gain over Muslims the power and influence the Nazis gained over the Germans. Thinking of the sort espoused by the piece you quoted, and apparently endorsed by you, is the surest way to give the jihadists what they want.
There is one small problem with your logic chain, Timber (and Baldimo too), Jews were not sawing off the heads non-Jews in public for the simple fact of them not being Jews - Muslims are flying jets into large buildings, incinerating thousands.
Jerry Falwell is not.
Muslims are blowing themselves and other Muslims up by the thousands.
Christians are not.
Muslims are blowing up nightclubs and trying to assassinate Muslim leaders.
Pat Robertson is not.
Muslims have been hijacking airplanes; blowing up embassies; murdering innocents of all nationalities and religions; attacking the United States; and attacking each other for over thirty years.
Christians; Jews; and other national or religious groups have not.
It is a tenet of Islam to take over the world.
It might be a tenet of Christianity, but they have not been attempting to do so by violent force and the murder of innocents - for at least the last 50 years or so.
It is not a tenet of Judaism.
There are definitely millions of decent, honest, good people who are either devout Muslims or are not very religious but grew up in Moslem families.
They are also victims of the Jihadists. They are victims of an Islamic world which is breaking their heart by being totally dysfunctional.
They are a vast silent majority who are not part of this ghastly terror, but
they also do not stand up against it.
They become accomplices, by omission, and this applies to political leaders, intellectuals, business people, and all who do not speak out. They are certainly able to tell right from wrong, but are afraid to express their views.
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke.
We are fighting World War III. A few more years may pass
before everybody acknowledges that it is a World War, but we are already well into it.
As the 9/11 Commission report indicates, we are indeed fighting an ideology.
It is an ideology with its roots in Islamic Fascism - the desire for Islam to rule the world.