[livius]

Sorry, but Islamic terrorism started long before Soviet Russia was even a gleam in Lenin's eye.

Different western powers have tried to use Islamic viciousness, but it has always come back to bite them.

[GodGunsGuts]

==Different western powers have tried to use Islamic viciousness, but it has always come back to bite them.

Yep, and the Russian Communists (including Putin et al) have been using it from at least 1916 until the present day. They need to be called to account for this.

[Paperdoll]

>Different Western powers have tried to use Islamic visciousness, but it has always come back to bite them<

And it will again.
Different Western powers - would you enlarge on that a bit, other than Germany, Ital and Spain that is. Thanks.

[attiladhun2]

the Koran forbids the use of force in matters of religion
Patently untrue!
Furthermore, Arab antisemitism was rife long before the Soviets (Russians) beccame heavily involved in the ME. The Jewish settlers in Palestine were fighting pre-fedayeen Arab terrorism instigated by the Turkish effendi from the 19th cen. The Shomrim (armed watchmen) were organized to combat this antiJewish violence. Fawzi Kaukji's armed thugs and the Army of the Jihad (supported by the pro-Nazi Grand Mufti of Jerusalem) were established in the 30s to kill Jews. The Pelmach (one of the first clandestine counter-terror groups) was started to hunt down and interdict these killers.
Furthermore, there were pro-Nazi regimes all over the ME during WWII. Pro-Nazi regimes were removed from power in Syria and Iraq. Iran was invaded because the Brits and Soviets were concerned about the pro-nazi Shah allowing Germany to build air and sub bases there. That Arabs and other ME Muslims were almost univerally pro-Nazi and pro-facist is only explained by their reflexive antisemitism and anti-Westernism.
This analysis is interesting and likely has some truth in it. However, AL Qaeda's (and militant Islam's) antisemitism, brutality, hatred for democracy, hatred for all things not Muslim, etc, is engrained in these people from their births. The real truth I can find in this is that Russians and ME Muslims share some unsavory traits.