[freema]

"We have ample reason to fear the muslims. However, that being said unless we are prepared to commit genocide and kill every single muslim in the world we are going to need a way to bring them out of the dark ages. I can't think of a better way than doing business with them and bringing them the benefits of modernity. Eventually a society that enjoys the benefits of a civilized, modern society will become peaceful."



I would like to go on record that I don't 'fear' Muslims. I don't have a deep resevoir of trust in them, that's certain, and I would not turn my back on them, but I don't fear them.


I thought the rest of the post, on the surface, presented a somewhat condescending or patronizing view-

I don't think that's how you meant to portray yourself, however, and I wonder if I am correct in that assumption.

[wmfights]

"I would like to go on record that I don't 'fear' Muslims. I don't have a deep resevoir of trust in them, that's certain, and I would not turn my back on them, but I don't fear them."

I do fear them, the same as I fear psychotic people.
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"However, that being said unless we are prepared to commit genocide and kill every single muslim in the world we are going to need a way to bring them out of the dark ages."

It may seem condescending, but I do believe that the Muslims are stuck in the dark ages. What great scientific achievements do you see coming from the middle east? What great doctrines of individual liberty, freedom to dissent, and property rights do you see in the middle east? What great peaceful societies exist in the middle east?

All that being said, it makes the magnitude of what we are trying to do in Iraq and throughout the middle east that much more heroic. We don't conquer for land or resources. We conquer to free people, help them establish a better life and then peacefully do business with them. If the roles were reversed do you think the muslims would fight to free us or enslave us?