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Originally Posted by tk27
Patriot, No problem. To what extent do you think Islamic fundamentalists level of hate goes? Is it pure anti-semitism or objection to the State of Israel? Is there a difference? Both, there certainly isn't a consensus among ME nations on the issue of Israel, some would settle for peaceful coexistance, others a return to pre 1967 borders and still others have called for the utter destruction of Israel.
What is the role of Arab governments in the mix? It seems as though they have two different messages, one foreign policy message in which they are relunctantly willing to playball w/ Israel after they got their ass-kicked and Israel got nukes, and another domestic message in which Israel is used as a scapegoat for their own incompetence. Is such a balancing act possible in an age of globalization whereby messages cannot be contained inside geographic boundaries? IMO, you answered your own question, because thats exactly the situation. Radical Islam is a powerful grass roots movement capable of toppeling governments and the governments know it, thus, they play both sides of the issue. One policy for world consumption, another for domestic. And still, once in awhile we get wind of a frustrated population of younger muslims that think democracy and Islam are compatible and the mullahs fear this. It is an internal struggle that we will not help solve with violence alone.
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Sometimes it appears to be a race against time. Progress is inevitable, and the mullahs fear it. So, it seems to me that they might see a window of opportunity for dealing a death blow to Israel closing, and I do beleive that there are radicals in Syria, Iran, even Saudi Arabia who would jump on the chance to be the martyr that killed hundreds of thousands of kaffirs, infidels and Zionists in one grand conflagration. And there seem to be a generation of younger muslims who beleive that entering the modern world, embracing technology and joining the ranks of the international community would be the answer to the problems of unemployment and general backwardness that plagues them. Who will win the race? Who can see beyond the propaganda and lies remains to be seen.
We have been stomping out fires, but what we have to do is obvious. We have got to face reality, make the tough decisions and deal with the cause of this problem, and that is to somehow marginalize the mullahs and radical imams at the same time convincing Israel to cease fire for awhile. If anyone knows someone that can figure out how to do that, please give them the directions to the White House.
One things for sure, there is no shortage of opinions. And I probably sound whacked out to some people and make perfect sense to others. It is complicated isn't it?