Posted on 07/08/2005 1:35:55 PM PDT by Pokey78
Just silly. We're not talking about Jacobins or Russian anarchists. We're talking about Islamic fundamentalists. Whatever the reason is, it isn't envy at success, as so many shallow people on this forum, in agreement with this author, have spouted.
This is a crucial point, and one which few people seem to get.
Then please answer me this: Why do rich, priveledged, educated Leftists hate America, and its God-fearing, private sector, morally upright citizens? Using the above article, are these "enemies within" resentful of spiritual success? Barbara Boxer, Chuck Schumer and The Swimmer certainly aren't resentful of my salary, nor my contributions to the betterment of mankind.
I'm not holding my breath for a muslim change of heart.....I'm practicing for better marksmanship.
Despite what some will say, it sometimes is just as simple as that.
"I resent your success. I hate you and your kind. So I bomb you "
The Times (U.K.) 07/09/05 by Roger Scruton
APOLOGISTS for terrorism (and they are not in short supply)
Sounds like a portion of the latest Howard Dean speech...
It has nothing to do with "success".
It has to do with Israel. We support Israel. Therefore, we are as bad.
When their societies obtain true social justice, they'll stop resenting us.
No, you are not! I am so sick of listening to them and their nonsense -- dangerous nonsense. They are blinded by the their hatred for President Bush, who has the kajunas to call evil by its name.
Well said, well said! I never realized until reading this that one of the biggest problems in the ME is the absence of a healthy middle class. In fact, that was also missing the Russia and in France. Perhaps it can be traced back to all forms of "terrorism" or rage against the wealthy classes. And look who the socialists are today in America? Hollywood stars, millionaire musicians, the wealthy elite!
C'mon France - you LOST the Olympics and now it's time to get over it!
Count me in... They are so blind in hatred for GW that they will sacrifice any morality to condem the Prez...
If you are comparing Isslam to either the Nazi or Imperial Japanese Empire, you are WRONG. It is far, far, worse and has been around a lot longer -- 1400 years to be precise, during which it has slaughtered at least half a billion people.
ping:
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Globalisation%0D%0Aand%20the%20Terrorist%20Threat
In the case of Arab terrorism, it's Islam ideology first, envy second; it's both.
Comes very close to the resentment by the Democrats and the need to destroy?
I think that's a large part of it. But, others in this thread have correctly identified a fundamental problem in Islam as well, in my opinion. Truly orthodox Muslims, those who observantly follow all of Islam's tenets, have a very limited perspective on the world outside their own. There are two worlds to them: dar al Islam (the house of submission, but it can be interpreted as peace as well), which refers to areas under Islamic theocratic rule, with shariah law as the legal basis of the system and dar al harb (house of war), the lands of the unbelievers, which are seen as targets awaiting Muslim conquest.
A true Muslim cannot be a member of the middle class. But, many of the Islamic terrorists are not actually religious (research it yourself if you don't believe me). Especially the suicide bombers in Israel, and elsewhere. Islam is a convenient excuse/cover to strike at the hated/resented/envied West for many, and for others, it is the reason they attack. In both cases, the rise of Muslim moderates, even if they would be watered down Muslim, would go a long way towards stemming Muslim terrorism. That is, in fact, why the Al Zarqawi terrorists are targetting Shiites and moderates in Iraq. Because right in the heart of Dar al Islam is arrising a new house of Dar al Harb. Democracy is spreading there, moderation is spreading there and education is sure to follow, fundamentally endangering the spread of Islam.
That is why it is so critical we persevere in Iraq. Because, ultimately, it won't be us that will deal the deathblow to the Islamic fundamentalists and the terrorists. It is moderate Muslims who say "Heck no. I am not having a child of mine growing up to be a living bomb. He'll be a lawyer, and she'll be a teacher or a professor. (or whatever) Get the hell out of my country." True fundamentalists of any sort don't tend to do that well in society; by their very nature, they are so radicalized they cannot live in society. That's why they live in compounds and such. Hence why the claim that evangelical Christians are fundamentalist in more than a literal sense is ridiculous. Fundamentalist muslims have managed to make a compound out of the whole Middle East, but it seems some parts of the community want to live a decent life instead. And that threatens to topple the whole house of cards.
So, let me conclude by saying, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition to the true moderate Muslims". Keep training the Iraqi army, keep educating the Iraqi kids properly, keep the elections running smoothly and the tangible benefits of democratic society visible and attainable and the terrorists will be finished as a truly effective force, confined to living in caves and compounds in the desert and mountains.
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