[Burkeman1]

Right how? Senses? That we will slaughter a thousand times those who died on 9/11 in Iraq and other countries that had nothing to do with that crime?

The Moslem World is not Nazi Germany. It is not the Soviet Union. They manufacture nearly nothing. Other than oil they sell us nothing. They can't even manufacter a fighter jet (much less even a prop plane) that could threaten us.

And yet this part of the world is a "threat" to us?

How and why?

[wrathof59]

Conventional warefare is only one part of the stregnth of any one people.

Great cultures throughout the centuries died from within, i.e. low birth rates, decline of national purpose, generational decline in promoting and preserving their identity and educational system, etc.

The influx of a different culture, typically with higher birthrates, usually accelerates the host culture's decline.

The barbarians are at the gate!

[ImaGraftedBranch]

You are right. The muslim world is NOT Nazi Germany. However, if Hitler could have conceived of the 72-virgins-in-paradise ruse and foisted it on his military, the outcome of the war may have been different.

Islamists have swallowed the cool-aid, and there's no turning back. They have to be stopped. Period.

[Pontiac]

How and why?

The how and the why are the same.

Because they believe.

They believe that our culture is evil and is a threat to theirs.

They believe that their religion demands that they conquer our culture and convert us to their faith by force if necessary and by whatever means necessary.

They believe that dying in the defense of their faith is a free trip to paradise regardless of any sin they may have committed.

Such faith is a great motivator for a soldier.

If a soldier if fearless in the face of certain death, if he is willing to die to achieve his goal, how do you stop him (especially when you have no fronts and the enemy does not wear a uniform)? If you have even a small army of such dedicated well-trained warriors you can do great damage to much larger foe.

[lizma]

You really don't think part of the Muslim world is not a threat to on non-muslim lives? Why? Arafat himself has said there is no such thing as peace only temporary cease fire.

No. The Muslim extremist are as evil as the Nazis. They want to destroy people they have deemed as "evil".

What they "manufacture" is hate and and the commodity they use is human life.

It's a far different war than America has ever seen before but we are still at war.

Why do you chose to ignore the constant Muslim drumbeat "Death to infidels" Were you in a comma on 9-11? If not what color is your wifes burka?

They are the enemy. We are at war.

I think it was P. J. O'Rouke that said something like you can bury your head in the sand, put a burka on your butt and they will still kill you.

Again we are at war with an enemy that has no problem with wiping out the innocent. That's about as evil as you can get.

It had nothing to do with fricken oil, it had everything to do with fighting for our lives

[nathanbedford]

'And yet this part of the world is a "threat" to us?

How and why?'

How?

By shipping a nuke ( or other WMD )in a container to any American port and murdering hundreds of thousands.

Why?

Because they do not share our Weltanshauung. Because they can.

[alrea]

And yet this part of the world is a "threat" to us?

they make bombs