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All you need to do is read news from Europe.. local news.
originally posted by: PublicOpinion
a reply to: deckdel
Considering just today in Bosnia, Europe, huge load of arms intended for islamists in Sweden were caught and folks detained - - I cannot but concur the islamophobia is more than well founded.
Of course it is, remember the rise of al Qaeda in Afghanistan? No?
Let’s begin in 1979 in Afghanistan, where the Moujahedeen (“holy warriors”) were in battle against a secular, progressive government supported by the Soviet Union; a “favorite tactic” of the Moujahedeen was “to torture victims [often Russians] by first cutting off their nose, ears, and genitals, then removing one slice of skin after another”, producing “a slow, very painful death”. With America’s massive and indispensable military backing in the 1980s, Afghanistan’s last secular government (bringing women into the 20th century) was overthrown, and out of the victorious Moujahedeen arose al Qaeda.
www.foreignpolicyjournal.com...
Well done, fricken US of A! Well done! And you wanna blaim muslims for terrorism now? Guess who's been duped bigtime, while supporting the crap you allegedly hate with tons of tax-Dollars?
And nope, I won't even start to go into US support for the Royal Pigs of Saudi Arabia.
Instead, why shouldn't I start to think the weapons you mentioned are actually just more cloak & dagger exports from the US?
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups ("the Mujahideen") fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces. Between 850,000–1.5 million civilians were killed[26][27] and millions of Afghans fled the country as refugees, mostly to Pakistan and Iran.
Prior to the arrival of Soviet troops, the pro-Soviet Nur Mohammad Taraki government took power in a 1978 coup and initiated a series of radical modernization reforms throughout the country.[29] Vigorously suppressing any opposition from among the traditional Muslim Afghans, the government arrested thousands and executed as many as 27,000 political prisoners. By April 1979 large parts of the country were in open rebellion and by December the government had lost control of territory outside of the cities.[30] In response to Afghan government requests, the Soviet government under leader Leonid Brezhnev first sent covert troops to advise and support the Afghan government, but on December 24, 1979, began the first deployment of the 40th Army.[31] Arriving in the capital Kabul, they staged a coup,[32] killing the Afghan President, and installing a rival Afghan socialist
originally posted by: Lysergic
a reply to: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
Mmm, I can see you badly want to connect the dots.
Bastardized or not, it works, they recruit people, however you trying to say Mexican Drug Cartels have the same modus operandi I would say you are being disingenuous.
So tell me, why is Islam worth defending and Christianity is not?
They both suck imo, yet, BS is BS when spewed forth.
originally posted by: PublicOpinion
a reply to: BatheInTheFountain
Read Niemöller a second time maybe, what's your point? Hate from a few justifies more hate?
And who's going to stop this Kindergarden, God or Aliens?
originally posted by: BatheInTheFountain
a reply to: bobs_uruncle
Some of the "SJWs" I see post here say things that to me come from a completely different world, so foreign I can't grasp it.
It's like they would allow their own family and friends to be killed to prove some point, that they're 'accepting' or 'tolerant'.
I just don't get it in the slightest.
originally posted by: PublicOpinion
a reply to: bobs_uruncle
Folks like Escobar used the same methods, didn't they? Terrorism is a strategy hence the analogy resonates with me. And let's not forget all those car-bombs in Italy either, the cosa nostra is pretty ruthless as well.
originally posted by: PublicOpinion
a reply to: tinner07
I'm wary of every car I happen to come across, but I don't let 'em feel my hate (for fricken blind idiots) as long as they don't cut my lane on the bikeway (again) when I do my 30km/h...
What's your point?
Besides, a lot of people die due to car-drivers, sadly I don't hate them all for that. Wish I could. Nice ride there in your avatar btw, hope it goes sideways like a solid fairlady?