RE: (1) Because you attacked us and continue to attack us.”
From the Late Sheik, himself.
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The late Sheik (and by this, I assume you’re talking about Bin Ladin ) also told his followers that the existence of the west is a cultural cancer that must be excise from the world. He wanted the Muslim world to “awake” to this insidious threat.
In other words our mere existence, with our value on human rights and the liberation of women poses an evil example to the Islamic world.
How do I know this? I was in the Philippines when the leader of their version of Al Qaeda — the Moro Front, made the exact argument to his followers in the island Mindanao.
The so-called “because you continue to attack us.” is but a pretext.
I Believe what he tells his followers. What he tells the world is but a political taqiya.
Therefore, it is not true that if you leave Al Qaeda alone, Al Qaeda will leave you alone.
Militant Islam seeks DOMINATION the same way their founder envisioned it.
We have plenty of appeasenik cowards such as Dinesh D'Souza right here at home who suck up to "the late Sheik" on this point.