Obama refuses to call it Islamic extremism/terrorism but does anybody doubt for one single solitary second that if a group that called itself “The Christian state” was going around doing the same thing he would take the same stand? Hell no, he would be calling that group “Christian terrorists” at every single opportunity. This guy is completely and utterly full of BS.
A guy I work with tossed out something the other day that made me think. He said that the militant islamists are the baseline of islam. The peaceful mulsims are actually the radicals because they are choosing peace rather than militant domination as prescribed by islam.
I am not sure if that is accurate, at least it is not evident in actions to date. I believe there is a lot of deception at play and it is also coupled with tribal interests - not necessarily national interests. The Arab and Persian world is not secular enough to ignore the tribal interests of its leaders. (e.g., determine the tribe a nation's leader comes, and then look at long standing disputes between other tribes.) Additionally, while nation states exists, there are often states within nation states based on tribes that are not completely controlled by nation states. This is much more granular than the Kurds for example. The bottom line is that we cannot compare and treat Muslims, their nations and their interests in the same way as we do western states.
Yes, our fearless leader is giving them a free pass.
Thanks for the very important post; link. HOORAY Robert Spencer and Graeme Wood. BTTT!
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