[backtothestreets]

You make a very good point. I think I now understand what you expressed. To Muslims jihad is both good and right, and militant Muslims also see jihad as both good and right. Telling them to do what is good and right would ultimately mean they be involved in jihad, in one form or another, and the complete opposite of the response we seek.

I haven't studied the Koran, but my understanding is that Muslims are commanded to jihad. Wherever we're headed in this conflict, it isn't going to be pretty.

[Steel Wolf]

Telling them to do what is good and right would ultimately mean they be involved in jihad, in one form or another, and the complete opposite of the response we seek.

Our arguement to be good and avoid jihad, to Muslim ears, is clumsy and unconvincing. It's like liberals who feel that it's okay to be Christian and believe in God, so long as you don't go to church and believe in all that Bible stuff.