Jay wrote:
lowing wrote:
Dilbert_X wrote:
This really.
When the West is threatened we see no problem pointing nukes, or using them, and fighting proxy wars all over the world just to 'remind' the other side we mean business.
We're surprised the East reacts much more mildly when we threaten them.
What has the west threatened the ME with really? The west discovered, R and D' ed and produced the most critical natural resource for the east to sell us. The west has GIVEN the ME all it needs to become viable and stable, economically. We did not steal it or pillage the ME for it. We developed it for them and are now buying it from them. Pretty good deal for the ME, and hardly a threatening gesture.
It's got nothing to do with oil really. It's all about cultural invasion. In the same way that you hate Islam because you're terrified of Sharia Law ending up on our shores, the Muslim clergy are terrified of losing their grip on the people and hatred for the West is a manifestation of their backlash. It ain't oil, it's Coca-Cola and Wranglers that they're afraid of.
The only difference between your conservatism and theirs is that they are in actual danger of the change taking place and thus are preaching violence. If there was a Muslim invasion here you bet your ass that Christian ministers would be preaching violence in response. Self preservation.
and if you think, THE CLERICS think, change that included economic vitality for the people, or an increase in freedom and quality of life is a bad thing and are willing to resort to violence to keep it from happening, then you have just figured out what the problem is with Islam in the eyes of those that can't stand the religion..
Any change that came to America for the better would not be met with violence.<------ I take this back. Plenty of change for the better in America has been met with violence. As it is, the change Islam wants to bring undoes 200 years of progression, of course it will be met with resistance.
However, in this day and age the world has grown up, and Islam has the benefit that the rest of us did not have. A model to go by.
Last edited by lowing (2011-04-05 06:00:17)