[bikewench]

The fact is that removing Islam from the face of the Earth, by peaceful means if possible, and by any means if necessary, may be the only solution.

Lordy Eno... how about you just equip their countries with electricity, and give them all a TV. I guarantee that we would have them all westernized in just one generation.

While your at it... wire South Africa as well.

[battousai]

"I guarantee that we would have them all westernized in just one generation. "

Only problem is the westernized ones end up even more liberal than a Californian hippy. well going by the westerninezed muslims up here in Canada anyway, the women especially seem to turn out to be the worst feminazis to be found on the planet! Damned if you do.. damned if you don't.

[eno_]

How about they get off their flea-bitten asses and make their own countries less of a hell hole instead of following a religion of resentment? South Africa, too, for that matter. It isn't as if the West determined that Korea and Singapore would get rich and Zimbabwe would become a hell hole.

If they can't manage that and keep lashing out at anyone who did make it out of the Dark Ages, they will earn their fate.

[eno_]

Alternative answer: Because 50 Trident missiles are cheaper than an endless series of social programs that would be pillaged by the local kleptocracy anyway.