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I have no respect for Carter, but this mess would have appeared eventually one way or another. Muslim's have been about Jihad for over 1000 years. Oil money gave them the ability to exercise some power projection for the first time in centuries. Islam is a militaristic religion. You convert or you die, and your family and property become the holy, Allah-given property for Muslim victors.
They won't stop until they are stopped by the sword (or in our case, hopefully, bullets and bombs).
I know my perspective puts me to the "right" of Ghengis Khan for most, but it's based on what's written in the Quran, the history of Islam, and the very words of Islamic leaders.
SFS
Not so far to the right, at all...
I'm there, too. And it's frustrating.
We see it on the front lines here. ROE, and all that...