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[lars008-2009]

it is time for the non muslim world to defeat evil islam once and for all

Is Islam Evil?

Given the recent worldwide attacks by Islamic terrorists, why isn't the question "Is Islam evil?" With few exceptions (Turkey, for example), Islamic countries are fascist, autocratic or theocratic, where women are subjugated and minorities persecuted. Islamic countries are rife with poverty and have been for centuries. Polls show that in many Islamic countries a majority of Muslims lionize the man responsible for the atrocities of September 11th and the terrorist gangs who routinely slaughter civilians in Israeli buses and restaurants. In Arab schools and on Arab television, children are taught the glory of becoming suicide bombers. Almost everywhere that Islam borders other cultures, there is violence.

The idea, then, that Islam is evil has far more plausibility than the idea that United States is evil. But merely, raising the question, "Is Islam evil?" provokes an instant, inevitable outcry: "Bigot!" "Racist!" "Zionist!" Indeed, the attempt to suppress debate on this question is so intense that few people in the mainstream will ask it.
http://www.liberty-and-culture.com/pages/2/index.htm

[tuckerndfw]

tuckerndfw,

I did not see your comment before I posted. It appears that we have drawn a similar conclusion.

Posted by feelfree1 at 03:21 PM : Apr 08, 2007

I've done that before. While I'm composing what I hope is an intelligent remark, someone else posts essentially the same comment.

Great minds, they say. . .

But, both points are equally valid and are based on the same historical events. The Soviet Union went bankrupt because they attempted to military occupy other nations.

The US obviously did not learn the lesson.

That has been the fate of all empires that chose to expand by military force.

Once the Roman Empire gave up the idea of military domination, it became the "Holy Roman Empire" (Catholic church) and currently has over one billion tax paying citizens, controls governments in many nations, provides little or no services to their taxpayers, and has very limited military abilities (other than through sending others to fight for them, at no cost to themselves).

Maybe the US should convert into the Holy American Empire and send priests instead of soldiers. (sarcasm intended, if not obvious)

[feelfree1]

tuckerndfw,

I did not see your comment before I posted. It appears that we have drawn a similar conclusion.

[feelfree1]

What country will the U.S. be thrown out of first? Iraq or Afghanistan?

The Soviet Union collaped inder the weight of just one failed occupation effort. We have at least 2. What are our prospects.

To our Canadian neighbors: I like Canada and Canadians, but you guys are not very bright for assuming responsibility for the mounting U.S. defeat in Afghanistan. Wise up.

[tuckerndfw]

The Soviet Union attempted to occupy Afghanistan for about 12 years before they finally gave up.

How many lives are the European Union (and US) going to waste before learning the lesson?

Osama Bin Laden was originally sent to Afghanistan by the US to organize resistance ("terrorists") to fight against the Soviet Union's occupation.

Perhaps the Soviet Union (now Russia) is returning the favor.