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Saying that "islam is a terrorist organization" does a tremendous disservice to our efforts in Iraq.

Very good point. Also, it is similar to saying that Irish Catholics are/were all terrorists.

[rmlew]

Saying that "islam is a terrorist organization" does a tremendous disservice to our efforts in Iraq.
Considering the number of Islamists setting up the Iraqi government, what exactly are we having set up there?

Very good point. Also, it is similar to saying that Irish Catholics are/were all terrorists.
That is both liberal moral relativism and incorrect. The IRA has been a Marxist organization since the 1960s. They use the cloak of Irish nationalism to further their ends, while murdering immigration reform advocates.

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Very good point. Also, it is similar to saying that Irish Catholics are/were all terrorists.

No similarity at all. Suppose that it true (and I am not saying it is) that Irish Catholics are sympathetic to terrorists in their midst. Is this because they are Irish or because they are Catholic? Clearly the first: no other Catholics, anywhere in the world, are or were blowing up buses. The Pope never proclaimed, as do Imams EVERYWHERE in the world, that blowing up babies is justified when it occurs on "occupied" territories.

In contrast, American imams urge us to "understand" the Sep 11 attackers, and poor "Palestinian" people that are "humiliated" daily by the Israelis (the Joooss). You have a religion that justifies killing if you feel humiliated --- and, yes, that is not just the current feeling among Muslims; it endured over 1400 years.

So, even if it were true that all Irish Catholics were sympathetic with terrorists in their midst, it would be explained by the fact that they are Irish, not that they are Catholic. Of the 31 armed disputed around the world 28 involve Muslims: against America and England, against Buddhists in Thailand -- -you name it. That's the difference.