Wow, I have never been likened to an anti-gunner.
I have been careful, I think, not to espouse intervention, confiscation, proactive control, etc. My point here is that it is possible, with a certain amount of logical and emotional thought processes together, to have the impression that Islam is a violent anti [Christian/Jewish/western] religion, and that it is such regardless of any alleged antagonism by the U.S. or Israel.
I also feel that these thoughts can be had without finding it necessary to ultimately flip flopping the finger pointing back and forth to the point where the Jewish people are responsible for all the hatred in the world.
I feel that I am wholly (Holy) justified in criticizing the silent majority of Muslims for not speaking out or becoming involved, regardless if I criticize the interventions performed by the hands of Christians or Jews. Which, when someone kills in the name of either religion, I speak out on those occasions too. But its hard for me to single out the Israelis for blowing up Hamas, when Hamas still lets loose with a rocket every now and then.
They can have their little pi$$ing match. But when the radical islamics take pride in torturing and killing Americans as an act of their faith, simply because the U.S. supports Israel, AND then, they get all bewildered because we decide to run rough shod through Iraq, I must admit, that the whole argument looks like an excuse for interupting someones plan for domination.
Doesn't that seem odd to you? To say that in the name of "Allah" we will blow up the WTC, and try to attack innocents on your soil, but if you were to do the same to us, that's unfair?
If you get some quiet time of contemplation today, think about a well organized group of zealots that were killing people in the name of "TM7's wife" (Or something or somebody else that you really believed in). They just really believed in killing for that reason. And get away with it for a long time. Wouldn't that bother you to the point of action? I don't advocate the killing, but I don't believe in having to live in terror also. If someone out there thinks that Islam is getting a bum rap, then they need to speak up. Since we hear very little, what can we assume? Are the silent majority being silenced by their leaders, and if so, then their leaders need overthrown from within or will face the music of those they offend (their logic when they let loose on us)
Its not an apple-apple comparison, but if you believe in your God, and you believe in your wife, its not too hard to make the stretch.
We spend a lot of thought separating church and state here that it makes it hard to fathom the Middle East, but when a theocracy supports violence in the name of its god, and they get stepped on, you can't claim "foul" for religious intolerance. And it does muddy things up for keeping religion and politics seperate.
Who does it benefit? Don't know. The big question is why does it benefit. You can pay for a "good time" if need be, but when it comes right down to it, I am not sure what world domination gets the dominator, when its all said and done.
