fisherman bob wrote: It's a shame that most of the people on this thread refuse to face the reality that Muslims are at war with most non-Muslim nations....
Bob, that's just plain false.
The vast VAST majority of world Muslims are good, educated, compassionate people who want the same things out of life that you do. The "war" is between a gaggle (and yes it is remarkably small) of fundamentalist nutcases on BOTH sides. We have them too....and if you doubt that, go check out what high ranking General Boykin said about Islam. You'd think the guy was a reincarnated knight from the First Crusades.
Bob the last thing we need in the Middle East are more soldiers. I don't know if you recall, but the primary reason for the 9/11 attacks stated by AlQaeda was US military in the Arab World...especially in BinLaden's
home turf of Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the attacks were a response to literally decades of intrusive, militarily beligerent and just plain wrong US interference in the Arab World. I have watched as, slowly over my lifetime, my beloved nation has kept inserting more and more of its soldiery and military hardware all over the world. This is not what a peacable, democratic nation should be up to, Bob. When you do this to peoples land and homes, they eventually get pissed. And they hit BACK.
So the next time you feel the urge to parrot the usual FOX News nonsense about the Arab Threat, ask yourself: What would YOU do if a large foreign power were stationing troops in your town....running tanks around YOUR streets.....waking YOUR family in the wee hours with arbitrary arrests and even mass killings. Put yourself in their shoes.
Then tell me who's at war with whom.