[justshutupandtakeit]

You perhaps have no exposure to my views of Islam so your confusion is plausible. I view it as an absolute scourge for the world and as having never been anything but. That should always be kept in mind for a strategic perspective. This does not mean the US cannot take advantage of its schisms to use against it.

RIGHT NOW not all Moslems support al Queda's philosophy of war. Like the Christian religion many adherents were born into the religion and its culture they take its precepts with a grain of salt and just live their daily lives without much thought about religion. Automaton-like they go through the rituals. This is a good thing since the better a Moslem one is the worse a person one is which is the reverse of Christianity wherein the better a Christian one is the better a person.

Hence it is a tactical necessity to speak to the public of the "peaceful" nature of the religion because we simply cannot fight it alone as a religious war. We cannot afford to alienate allies and potential allies with inflammatory rhetoric no matter how appealing the idea is.

Our soldiers do not need to have their missions made more difficult by unnecessarily inflaming the masses in Iraq and Afghanistan through gratuitous attacks upon their religion. It is just plain stupidity.

[AmericanInTokyo]

I go along with your theory (stated quite well in fact).

I just cannot accept the praxis. Sorry.

Well will have to agree to disagree on this one, and part friendly-like here. Thanks!