Right, and we agree that radical Islam sustains itself on hate. You made a great point in putting the current conflict in historic context as one in a series. I, on the other hand, did not make my point well: that we should not descend to their level of vitriol, or we perpetuate the evil ourselves.
ZAKA Volunteers Arriving in Eilat
02:08 Oct 08, '04 / 23 Tishrei 5765
(IsraelNN.com) At least forty ZAKA Rescue & Recovery organization volunteers are being flown to Eilat along with necessary equipment. They will then make their way to the Taba Hilton to begin the painful chore of tending to the remains of the victims.
It is not whether we should or not. Of course we should not, but it will happen. People will take so much and then emotions explode.
Look at Christian history. Some of the worst things the West did was in combating islam at its worst. We knew it was wrong even turned some historical figures into the epitome of pure evil (Dracula), even though what the real person did, he did because nothing else was saving his homeland from islamic invasion. Only the most horrific turns islam back once on its march.
Islam will keep up its march killing and conquering until normal loving non-muslims become overheated with enough hatred to do something so horrific to islam that they become terrified and stop, until the next rise of islamism a century or two later.
The hatred against islam is just beginning. With each beheading, school massacre, building bombing, car bombing, suicide bomber, kidnapping the hatred will just continue to grow and grow until critical mass is reached. The only way to stop it comes from islam, and they can't stop because their holy book calls for this action from good muslims.
History repeats itself. There is nothing to stop it, just strange.