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Originally posted by surflvr911sc
IMO, that’s a sad statement. We are at war w/ terrorist, who happen to be religious extremists. Have we not seen horrible acts carried out by extremists of other religions?
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Ryan, you make a good point. It is easy to lump religion into this fight for propaganda purposes. However, religion can't be discounted. After all, our position against Iraq and their religious extremism is based partly on our own religious extremism of being Christian based. Even in Bush's own words, he's been called to this duty of freeing Iraq by God.
In another thread in this forum, several posters entered an Islamic website and harangued the site's thoughts and ideals. One poster even said he felt "dirty" after reading it. That's the kind of attitude that has gotten us in such hot water in the Middle East from the beginning. A refusal to understand or learn.
The fact is, religion has its part in exclusivity, and as a country, we're displaying this same exclusivity. In fact, Democracy is an exclusive club in and of itself.
Another example is Israel: Sharon in his heyday was known as a cold-hearted assassin. An extremist if you like. A terrorist, whose ideology is based in religion via the establishment of a Jewish state.