> I believe these fanatical jihadists are completely warped. America and the west are not the cause of their hatred. Warped clerics and teachers from their repressive, backward homelands and an extreme, intolerant reading of Muslim religious texts are. The vast majority of Muslims are as sickened by Jihad terror as westerners are. It is also a bit of a stretch to call the invasion of Iraq "unprovoked". I don't recall anyone making that claim in 2003. Regardless of the absence of WMDs Sadam promoted and paid for Islamic agitation throughout the world. He was a terrible monster. The loss of him was a good thing. Graham.
>Ed Leafed wrote: >> Believers in the pre-emptive war approach nearly always see >> terrorism as a force without a cause: that "those people" are simply >> violently evil by nature, and we need to eliminate them in the name >> of self-preservation. They don't even consider the possibility that >> they may be people like us, but whose passions have been inflamed by >> years of suffering that opportunists there have blamed on America. >> These opportunists have used this sentiment to build their own power >> base, and our actions there, starting with our military presence in >> their Holy Lands, and continuing with our unprovoked invasion of >> Iraq, have only served to validate the rantings of these >> opportunists. Now these opportunists look wise, as we have behaved >> exactly as they said we would, so the people there see them as >> legitimate, and they are now attracting more and more people to their >> cause every day as a result. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
