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Originally posted by SLAYER69
"How to end Mid-Eastern wars and make Arabs our allies"
Two words.
Bomb Israel
Originally posted by SyphonX
Don't invade Mid-Eastern countries and slaughter thousands of people.
??
Is this a sufficient proposal to your query?
[edit on 11-2-2010 by SyphonX]
Originally posted by budaruskie
reply to post by BO XIAN
Oh yeah before I forget, why weren't they killing westerners until recently, crusades notwithstanding?
Originally posted by budaruskie
reply to post by novacs4me
Barbary Corsairs, really? Okay maybe you forgot about the Carribean Buccaneers too.
[edit on 2/13/2010 by budaruskie]
Hon, you are the one who claimed a peaceful period for Arabs. I made no such claims for any other people group.
Originally posted by budaruskie
Hon, you are the one who claimed a peaceful period for Arabs. I made no such claims for any other people group.
When did I do that? All I've said is that I don't believe that all billion of them are rapists and murderers bent on world domination.
[edit on 2/13/2010 by budaruskie]
Originally posted by mike_trivisonno
The muslim world may want respect, but they will not get it simply by demanding it.
Still, it is the overarching concept of Jihad has to be eliminated from the system. There can be no peace between the muslim and non-muslim world until Jihad is discredited as a method of spreading the Islamic system.
I do not think this will happen because it is the example of Mohammed. A devout muslim strives to live life as the "prophet" did. Well, we know how that turned out. Any individual following this path will end up in Jihad.
Originally posted by budaruskie
reply to post by novacs4me
Ohh I see. Well then let me clarify. What I meant to say is that there doesn't seem to be many historical instances of Muslims perpetrating terror attacks on the West, in particular the Western Hemisphere, until very recently. Sure, there was a hijacking here, a kidnapping there, maybe a bomb or two but there are many more cases of non-Muslims doing the same in the same time period. If Islam has always preached that the infadel must be eliminated at all cost and all Muslims (or say 70%) have been living by that creed, then we should have been having suicide bombs and 9/11 style attacks all along at at a much higher frequency.
What I'm getting at is I support Ron Paul's observation on the matter. What motivates these people is not Islam, it is occupation of their land and our inability to allow them to decide for themselves what they want. Why spread democracy when we don't have, never did have, never intended to have, and never want a democracy in our own country?