Superman, I appreciate your respectful tone. I don't know what your age is but many people who lean to the left, especially young ones, want to see only the best in people and hold to the belief that most people are basicly good at heart.
First, I didn't say that there are no reasonable muslims. I do know based on facts that are easily supported that there are an apparently substantial number of them that are not! IMHO Bush has not dealt with the issue strongly enough. That is one of my knocks against him.
Thom said:
"But I was told they hate us for our freedom, and they hate us for our way of life! Did the NeoCons lie to me?"
I don't know who told you either of those and I can't comment on wether they were lying or ill informed, but they were both wrong. If you do a little studying you will find that they hate us for one reason only, we are not muslim & therefore infidels. According to the religion they are willing to sacrifice their children for, we as non-muslims can have one of only 3 fates. First as a memeber of the dhimitude, non-muslims who are allowed to exist under muslim rule by being subservient & paying a tax. 2. as a soon to be convert. 3. as a soon to be victim of decapitation. That's it!
Muslims are supposed to give their highest allegiance to Islam, not to their country and not even to their family. The goal is not as much to convert the world into Islam but to dominate the world and to establish the law of Sharia. This is why you saw very little issue with 9/11 throughout the muslim world.
Whatever the reason you decide for why they hate us, consider this, Muslims hate jews with a white hot intensity. Muslims hate Christians enough to kill them as needed. They hate the Hindus in India bad enough to have slaughtered millions (check your history). They hate the Bhudists enough to bomb them regularly. And they hate the tribal Africans with a similar fervor.
Now it could be that they are righteous & just & all these other people have done such horrors to the muslims that this is their only way to exact justice or it could be that these people are infused with hate from the time they are on momma's breast and bear good will to none. Do some research & make your own decision.
