Bush's actions in the middle east sure are mending relations with Muslims. Does Bush really think pissing off more and more Muslims is really going to reduce the number of extreamists and therefore terrorists? It sure looks like our actions in Iraq are really decreasing the likelyhood of future extreamists as Bush said. Bravo Bush, it appears that more followers of Islam hate America than ever.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...C-RSSFeeds0312

-Chris

 

The thing is, Muslims should be just as mad at the Muslim-extremists but they tend to forget that. Every time I hear of a suicide bombing in Iraq it leaves one wounded U.S. Solider and 20 other non-US targets dead.

I don't know anymore... The bottom line is that we're threatened by Islam extremists that always seem to want a little more of the pie than everyone else. They do this because of faith in an invisible man, seriously. You're God damn right the Muslim religion has a bad name! I'm not a naive person but when I see a Muslim I have to wonder what this person is capable of and what they represent... who's fault is this?

 

I couldn't agree with you more on this point, Salty. But the reason behind my post is just to point out that Bush is either lieing, or just flat out naive when he repeatedly states that what he is doing, (ie pre-emptive attack on Iraq) will help the US regarding decreasing the number of extreamist muslims. I think Bush may just be very poor with math. Sure we have killed several thousand terrorists/extreamists, but we have created MANY thousands more, which he doesn't seem to understand. It's the same math he must use when he claims all american houshoulds are better off because they recieved and average of $500 in tax refunds when he doesn't realize much more money was lost in higher edjucation, health insurance, and unemployment rates, etc.

-Chris

 

The truth of the matter is that rational human beings do not want to die (even most irrational ones, too).
If people know that strikes on America result in death for them or "their people," they will be mentally forced into submission. How many people who have been raised from birth to be suicide bombers actually go through with it? The natural human characteristic to avoid death overrides the hatred for any cause, except in rare cases.

If members of someone's family was accidentally killed by a U.S. strike, I'd suggest that someone might support efforts of revenge, yet it would be rare to find someone willing to end his/her own life for that cause.
When a palestinian leader dies, one boy sees a Martyr, and another thinks to himself, "I don't want to die." I've seen enough interviews to know this is true.

I'm not saying that suicide bombers will not continue to be a problem, but to assume that it's worse because of Iraq is BS.

They hated the U.S. before Iraq, and they will hate us after.
What's central in this hatred is our support for Israel, and that hasn't changed (nor will it).

 

saw a bumper sticker a few days ago

'We are creating enemies faster than we can kill them'

that about sums it up...