[powderhorn]

Islamics are about 20% of the world's population and almost all the population of the Middle East. Only in Barazro world does 1% of the world's population call the shots for 90% of the people in the region and then get the US to bankroll them in the bargain.

It would seem like a contradiction, wouldn't it? But then, there's another question: why would the west want to return to the 12th century to do business? This is a major stumbling block. Islamics see Islam as having more sovereignty than individual nations. It's hard to take people seriously who feel that it is not a crime to kill someone as long as they are not Islamic. What it boils down to is that there is no point in treating the Islamic nations as equal partners in trade until they are ready to join the civilized world.

[AGAviator]

There's plenty of them who don't want to "kill somebody because they're not Islamic." Hundreds of millions of them in fact. They just don't make the headlines because they're doing pretty much the same thing your average US citizen does in his daily life. That doesn't sell newspapers or make the ratings go up.