SimplyMichael -> RE: Question to "moderate" muslims and their fellow travellers (7/22/2011 3:50:32 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Anaxagoras Michael I accept some can exaggerate this issue but it isn't as black and white as you appear to be claiming. quote:
ORIGINAL: SimplyMichael Considering the number of civilizations destroyed and wiped from the face of the earth, entire languages lost, literature and art destroyed by Christians, the current hysteria over Muslims seems over the top "chicken little" to me. That's an issue of the very distant past. Most religions have done their fair share of damage including Islam, e.g. the Zoroastrians were completely wiped from Persia. quote:
Lets get real, if there was a real effort by the powers that be in the Muslim world to actually destroy the west or the other idiocy the whole "they want to return to the 8th century" conspiracy, all they would have to do is shut down or destroy oil production. Ever wondered why America and other Western powers vie for influence in the Middle-East? Its to ensure a continuous oil supply by minimising regional political interests that would do otherwise. quote:
In case you don't follow events not covered by Fox news, that hasn't happened. About 10 years ago, they managed to kill about 3,000 us citizens, we destroyed two entire countries and left them a mess and killed tens of thousands in return. Due to intensive Western security measures in recent years, it might be more telling to discuss the violence between Muslims, and between Muslims and Christians, in non-Western nations. Its worth noting that of the 120,000 Iraqi civilians killed in the war there, over 80% were killed by insurgents according to the NGO Iraq Body Count. Oil, really? So constantly overthrowing and interfering with their governments in order to steal their resources might create the sort of economic dysfunction that results in civil strife? Nah, couldn't be, its just those dark skinned savages don't know how to do civilization like us western civilized people!
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