Wow, have you all seen these videos from Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Islam and the West?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3BBLt6bLMA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkHxpZfHd4c Amazing stuff. Two things I noted in particular. Gruss, you'll love this first one. She says it was a mistake for the US to declare a War on Terror. But why? In her words, "terror is just a tactic". And then, and Mike you've been saying this all along I think, she goes on to say that the problem is not any particular sect or belief but Islam itself that is the problem and that needs to be changed. Her thesis is very thoughtful and deserves attention. Her argument is that Islam is still catching up to Western civilization since the 10th-11th centuries, when Europeans started to travel the world and learn from other societies. Europeans learned the value of studying and copying ideas from others. while Islam believed that all answers lay in the Koran, and the Arab Islamic Empire turned away from the outside world. The Islamic world still believes in the primacy of the Koran, and as a result people like President Ahmedinejad of Iran are fanatics who welcome death, who will not be dissuaded by sanctions, and who will acquire nuclear weapons and use them against Israel without a second thought. Her message? If you are a Westerner, ask yourself this question, are you prepared to die for your civilization? Because those are the stakes, and the people on the other side are prepared to die. She also gives America credit for making the very courageous decision to recognize and react swiftly to the danger of Islamic militancy while the Europeans have been unable or unwilling to recognize the threat that could destroy our common civilization. Scary stuff, and this is coming from a woman who moved to the United States under threat of death from Islamists in the Netherlands because of her public statements about Islam. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257694 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
