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Dusty -

Point taken on 'American' lives and 'coalition' lives - I knew what you meant!

I also respect your view. What worries me about taking your position to its logical conclusion is that you seem to be saying that we have reached the point where 'east is east, west is west and never the twain shall meet'. We should wipe out all Arabs, as they will inevitably aim to wipe out all westerners given the power and means to do so. The logic seems to lead us on a path to genocide.

I simply don't buy that every Arab out there despises the west. There are a good number who would love to enjoy the opportunities, freedoms and standard of living that you and I thank god for. We have to identify, bolster, support and empower that group in the face of those who have their vested interests in sticking to a perverse interpritation of a religion to keep themselves in positions of corrupt power.

We are not at war with Arabs. We are at War with Islamic Fundamentalists. The ability to recognise this difference will be the difference between victory and defeat.

" We are not at war with Arabs. We are at War with Islamic Fundamentalists. The ability to recognize this difference will be the difference between victory and defeat."

That is worth repeating. Problem is we do not have leaders who are willing to "see" this and by the time leadership does Islam may after all these centuries of trying have almost succeeded.

It was not my intent to state that "east is east and west is west . . . " and I appreciate you pointing out that that message seems to be conveyed from me because that is NOT my intent. I think we are on the same page, here, just stating it differently. I have no problems with Arabs, with Chinese, Africans, Martians or 3-legged Andalusian anteaters, when you get right down to it, and don't support the genocide of ANY group (well . . . MAYBE Democrats . . . LOL!). I have issues with the "religion" of Islam that preaches hate, slavery, oppression, murder and barbarism.

We are not at war with Arabs. We are at War with Islamic Fundamentalists. The ability to recognise this difference will be the difference between victory and defeat.

I agree, we ARE at war with Islamic Fundamentalists. The problem is that the majority of Islamic Fundamentalists are also Arab. Therein, in a nutshell, is the quandry in which we find ourselves. Given their cultural differences with those of us in the west and their perspectives on ANY action we take that appears as a weakness, there seems to be NO middle ground open to us. The choice is between packing up our toys and sneaking away in the middle of the night and handing them absolute defeat. Absolute defeat means exactly what it sounds like and that means we have to climb into their gutter and deliver that defeat in terms that they understand. I don't like the idea of killing innocents anymore than any other civilized person, but that's the only way to defeat these people.