Are you stuck on Sep. 10, 2001?
The opinion here on FR is that Islam is a sick twisted ideology, and that if an individual Muslim is outwardly "good", then it is in SPITE of the Koran, not BECAUSE of the Koran.
If you grasp this, grasshopper, you will be on the path of wisdom.
Thanks for the laugh newbie.
OK, here goes. I have spent a lot of time in the middle east and central asia, specifically Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.
As "people of the Book" there is much in common between conservative, traditional Americans and the everyday member of Islamic society. Contrast this to the "remove God and His teachings from all aspects of society" mission statement of the American left.
The hatred for "American values" has grown in the region through it's exposure to our "culture" as evoked through Hollywood and the media, which is, in fact, anti-thetical to the traditions and values that enriched the soil that produced a Reagan revolution.
The very people who voted in great numbers to elect the party endorsed by those sworn to kill us all will be first slaughtered should we lose this war.