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To: Netz

——The Arab Muslims are suicide bombers for Allah-——

That fact is not in any evidence I have seen for the general population and especially not in the current incident under discussion.


14 posted on 07/18/2012 4:51:23 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: bert

Absolutely: whether Al-Qaeda types may try to fill any vacuum of power which occurs after Assad exits (which he will: it’s a question now of when, not if) is absolutely of concern. However, one needs to differentiate between those who are fighting in any way they can to save themselves, their families and their country from one of the most despotic and evil regimes on earth.

I have Syrian friends, some of whom I am still in touch with, and some of whom are suffering horrors almost beyond imagining at the hands of Assad and his gang. None of them are in any way ‘suicide bombers for Allah’ (I don’t generally befriend these). Some of them aren’t even Muslims. They’re largely regular, decent people, trying desperately to do whatever they can to defend themselves from a state apparatus that will torture and murder indiscriminately to maintain its hold on power.

I don’t deny that such types exist, of course, including in Syria. Indeed, Assad’s regime is now making an effort to get Al Qaeda elements on side in its own support as it massacres its own people. But these do not make up the bulk of those who are now fighting against Assad’s thugs.


15 posted on 07/18/2012 5:02:42 AM PDT by Zajko (Never wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but the pig likes it.)
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