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I agree with all the comments here. The Muslim reaction, by the extremists, is illogical and irrational, but consistent with the practice of their faith.
It is so difficult for Christians or even just secularists in the West to react to the Muslims, since we fundamentally don’t agree with their tendency towards violence. They would say that is ironic, because have been in so many wars and killed so many people. And, OBL makes a big deal out of the nuclear weapons the U.S. used in Japan. In fact, the fire bombing in Germany and Japan by the U.S. caused more deaths, intentionally, than did the nuclear weapons.
The Muslims know the difference between church and state. Saddam’s regime was largely a secular one. But, they like to blur the distinction in reference to the U.S.
The evidence in Iraq and Afghanistan is that the only thing that stops the radical Muslims is defeat. Like the ferocious Japanese in WWII, the Muslims have largely suicidal tactics, i.e. they don’t acknowledge any limits to their warlike tendencies.
Given all the attrocities committed by the U.S. during WWII, the Catholic Bishops in the U.S. retroactively approved of the U.S. tactics during WWII.
Muslim leaders fail to recognize or acknowledge how much restraint we are actually showing. For example, we haven’t beheaded anybody in Guantanamo, or even in Abu Ghraib.
On the other hand, Muslims will attack any Westerner. There is no “Geneva conventions” mentality there.
It is so difficult for Christians or even just secularists in the West to react to the Muslims, since we fundamentally don’t agree with their tendency towards violence. They would say that is ironic, because have been in so many wars and killed so many people. And, OBL makes a big deal out of the nuclear weapons the U.S. used in Japan. In fact, the fire bombing in Germany and Japan by the U.S. caused more deaths, intentionally, than did the nuclear weapons.
The Muslims know the difference between church and state. Saddam’s regime was largely a secular one. But, they like to blur the distinction in reference to the U.S.
The evidence in Iraq and Afghanistan is that the only thing that stops the radical Muslims is defeat. Like the ferocious Japanese in WWII, the Muslims have largely suicidal tactics, i.e. they don’t acknowledge any limits to their warlike tendencies.
Given all the attrocities committed by the U.S. during WWII, the Catholic Bishops in the U.S. retroactively approved of the U.S. tactics during WWII.
Muslim leaders fail to recognize or acknowledge how much restraint we are actually showing. For example, we haven’t beheaded anybody in Guantanamo, or even in Abu Ghraib.
On the other hand, Muslims will attack any Westerner. There is no “Geneva conventions” mentality there.
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and a Holy war is inevitable.