So if you sympathize with THE CAUSE, you are as guilty as those perpetrating the terror? Naww...but that is beside the point, imho. Obviously, there's some bad blood in the Muslim/Arab world, bad blood regarding the past Holy Wars and topped off with the way the world gave Israel to the Jews once WWII was over. And the leaders of these countries have stoked anti-American furor fer years and years, branding America the Great Satan and whatnot. And fer years America steered clear of open conflict in the region, making the zealots all that much bolder. But we can't just kill them all, we've gotta win over their hearts and minds, exposing the populace to the undeniable FACT that America is actually doing what it can to make this world a better place. And random murder and mayhem should not be a way of life fer anyone. I believe we are in the process of doing just that, and we've gotta convince 1.2 billion folks that we can peacefully coexist, but if they wanna keep spreading terror, we'll kill 'em as they come!!
FReegards...MUD
The way the middle east was divvied up after WWII may not have been an ideal solution, but it may have been as good as could be had. Others that followed events in that part of the world more closely would have a better idea probably; I dunno.
My take, for now anyway, the radical Mooselims are trying their damndest to start WWIII. The rest of their group are opportunists, sitting back, biding their time, waiting to see if their "movement" will gather a head of steam. Lord help us if it does.
"All The World's a Stage..." -- Shakespeare FGS
Powell mentioned something about hoping the Muslim world is taking note of how MUCH the U.S. is doing regarding the Tsunami disaster in the predominately Muslim area of the world.I have been a diehard OPTIMIST all my life, but my gut tells me this: The SILENCE from the Muslim communities after 911 is very telling. What we are doing to help Muslims in this time of need is the RIGHT thing to do. But I think Powell is kidding himself or somebody hoping that the Muslim world will turn around and be our pals now. It will have ZERO effect on the Muslim Extremists/Fundamentalists that hate us and want to eradicate the Jewish people from the face of the earth and that want to destroy the U.S. And I don't think that it will have any significant affect (ZERO or near zero) on the non-Extremist/Fundamentalist Muslims, either.
Just my 2 cents and worth bofe pennies! :^D
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