I think you are looking at only a small snippet of the history of Islamic behavior. Bin Laden is only the latest of the "Islamic Warriors" who have tried over the centuries to enslave the world for Islam. While you are correct in the fact that Bin Laden is attempting to start a holy war, you are incorrect in stating that the remainder of Islam is not complicit in the action. If this were the sole action of Bin Laden, there would not be hundreds of mullahs calling for their followers to kill infidels. There would not be hundreds of madrassas where children are taught to hate and kill infidels. And there would not be hundreds of localized Muslim attacks on non-Muslims around the world.
The entire "religion" has been focused on conquering the world by force throughout it's history. There had been a lull in the major efforts to expand Islam because it's civilization and society faltered for hundreds of years. Now Islam finds itself 1000 years behind the rest of the world but with access to Western technology that allows for assymetrical warfare. Islam uses the fact that most of the world is a civil society to waylay non-Muslims. There can be no making excuses for Islam. Islam is evil.
militant islam does not control the islamic world. there is a great power struggle over there, much of it behind the scenes. i also think moderate islamic voices dont make good news, so that another issue.
militant islam wants to overthrow the pro-western governments and it wants its moderates to support jihad. sure, many of them dont like the west, but may just dont care much. yoiu are assuming that arabs and muslims are somehow less apathetic than other humans.
listen, i dont give a flying ____ about islam or muslims. what i do want is to defeat terror and i see the extremists trying to push their religion a certain way. i think we need to fight our battles with this in mind.
we dont this to win, not to be nice or excuse them.
SORRY, TYPO...
listen, i dont give a flying ____ about islam or muslims. what i do want is to defeat terror and i see the extremists trying to push their religion a certain way. i think we need to fight our battles with this in mind.
we DO this to win, not to be nice or excuse them.