"I agree. But the way to get her to do that is not to burn down mosques, or to cheer the burning of mosques."
Again, this is new ground for everyone. America has never faced this type of threat.
I know that we are at war. If you don't think we are at war, then you can stop here. There will be no common ground.
If you agree we're at war, and the enemy is "radical islam" then we're on the same page. My view is that the radical part of islam is very large, and the consenting part is even larger.
I know that being timid in war will result in defeat.
I also know that the enemy has all tactics open to them. There is nothing they won't do. Nothing too cruel, nothing too evil. The enemy views all infidels as combatants, so there are no innocents, nothing off limits.
I also know that attacking islam directly, burning mosques, etc, will drive more muslims to radicalism. And there is the big problem... If we don't see the enemy as the enemy in order to save some good people, we risk dying, or being subjugated. If we take up the fight and fight as we need to, we will lose some to the radical side. Maybe, just maybe, if it is all out war, and things are made clear, as they should be, some of the good muslims will realize that their cult is a cult.
It's a dilemma. I'm not ready to burn mosques... yet. I know I detest muslims. I don't do business with muslims, I avoid them. Now, if that costs me meeting a good person, that's a casulty of war.
This is war, there will be casulties.
I don't disagree with you per se. I am very...I guess "pro-war" would be the right term to use. I was just very disgusted with the gleeful response of many on this thread to the mosque being burned. Reminded me of the Arabs cheering in the streets after 9/11. I'm not saying the two incidents are morally equivelant, but the attitude behind them is eerily similar.