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Victor
Thank you for your reasoned reply. I have not witnessed any dehuminization of Muslims myself, but I have seen a lot of video footage of them doing some pretty terrible things...to westerners as well as their own people. It seems that the radicals value human life very little.
Yes, I know Muslims personally. As far as I know, they are innocent of any crime. There were also many Japanese and Germans in WW2 that were equally innocent...we did not hesitate to go to war with those countries to protect our own (and they were relatively humane in comparison to the Islamic terrorists). Many muslims and leaders of islamic countries (as well as many Americans and Europeans) have either overtly or covertly supported terrorism in the middle east for many years. It is little wonder that the current crop has expanded its area of operation. Even now many on this BBS defend Saddam Hussein who openly rewarded famililies of sucide bombers with more money than they could earn in a lifetime. Sucide bombers are revered and their pictures are displayed in Mosques and parades in many Muslim countries. People in these countries must make a choice...and quickly. The western world did not choose this battle, nor do we have the luxury of waiting. These nations must throw the leaders who support terrorism from their governments and their mosques or sadly face the consequences. It is their choice to make. So far, we have shown surprising restraint. If I were to allow a fellow to shoot at passerbys from a window in my home, I should be little suprised if eventually someone starts to shoot back. These terrorists are well known in their own countries and are funded, supported, and hidden by them. As my Pappy always said, "when you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas."

Why is the US government not seeking nukes in Israel? For the same reason we do not look similarly in Australia. Because, of course, we know they have them. They have had them for many years, yet have never threated a single neighbor with them. They are victims of the same terrorists that we are. All they have ever asked is to be allowed to live in peace. Imagine those same weapons in the hands of Saddam who attacked two of his neighbors and probably had every intention of attacking more if he had not be stopped. He did not hesitate to use chemical weapons on his enemies..or even his own people. can you imagine that he would hesitate to use nuclear weapons....can you imagine that Bin laden or these terrorists that slaughtered the school children would hesitate?