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You're a hoot. First you say, "cut the condescension, ok?"
Then you say, "Can you at least try to treat this as a discussion between adults?"

uhmmm What does that make you if you know? Ah forget about it...moving on.

"You cannot accurately compare Pearl Harbor because it was an act of a hostile government and its military. It is entirely different, so our warring against all of Japan cannot be compared with your personal desire to wage war against all Muslims."

I beg to differ. Islam is a govt that controls the nations and the peoples of islam. Terrorists are the armies of islam supported/financed and protected by the govts and the peoples of islam.

Islam is a religion, govt, political entity all in one package. In Dubai the state religion is islam. In Dubai, the govt is islam and the people are ruled under the laws of islam.

If we didn't need their oil, we wouldn't give a rat's arse about them nor we they give a rat's arse about us. In fact, without the oil, there would be no rich sheiks financing terror. They would still be wandering nomads in the desert sands.

Sure we must do business with them for their oil since it is a vital necessity to our economy. For that, they hold us hostage.

But that doesn't mean we have to or should now allow them to run terminals at our strategic ports at a time we are at war with some of their brethren. We just don't have the time nor the means to sort them all out.

First you say, "cut the condescension, ok?" Then you say, "Can you at least try to treat this as a discussion between adults?"

You have a problem with logic, do you? You are condescending, and I am asking you to understand that thinking adults can differ on this issue. Since I am, however, in your view, 'a hoot' I can see no sane reason for me to continue this discussion, other than reiterating that the government sponsored, military attack on the U.S. by the Japanese was notably different than the terrorist attack on the U.S. on 9/11.

You may argue that they are similar in some ways, but you cannot make the case that we should attack all Muslim nations because their governments attacked us. It is far more complex an issue and a war than you are making it out to be.

Thanks for the discussion though. I'm glad I amused you.