(11-09-2009 01:26 PM)I45owl Wrote: How do you think declaring "war on <insert-meaningless-adjective> Islam" could possibly be productive? Whatever adjective you use there, over a Billion Muslims will disregard it and look at it (rightly) as an attack on their faith.
Not saying necessarily we should, but rather asking. its a legitimate question given what is clearly the foundation of the religion and teachings such as at the Mosque he attended which is the same as some of 9/11 hijackers.
Basically what we are politically incorrectly stating or possibly advocating is the expulsion of all Muslims from the United States to be warranted based on shari'ah being a treasonous political doctrine that calls for the deprivation of Constitutional rights of infidels(us). Which is self-evident. Sharia is not compatible with Liberty.
Quote:At a minimum, visa restrictions on nations with large Muslim populations and/or a history of Islamism, increased law enforcement, and a scorched-earth policy on any new military ventures are probably prudent. Impartiality towards secular concerns of Muslim nations (i.e. Bush's initiatives toward Turkey and its pursuit EU membership) should probably be continued.
agree, with qualifications on 'secular muslim nations' part..
Quote:As far as the "war on terror" and its supposed misnomer, we should not lose sight of one of its central goals, which is to diminish the use of terrorist groups as foreign policy proxies for the likes of Iran and Syria.
agree, not personally advocating for Fortress America of course. What I would prefer is a more honest discussion on what/who the enemy is and how it will not be tolerated Domestically and why it won't.
Again, if this was WW2 and you had Nazi's living amongst us(Cheearing on the Nazi's in Europe) do you think it would've been tolerated out of a false understanding of "Free Speech" and "Multi-Culturalism"(i.e. Cultural Relativism)?
One big difference obviously, is that you could have German Nationals who hated Nazism and supported US. With Muslims you have to assume the supposed secular, pro-American Muslims never actually read all of the Qu'ran and hadith, the clear teachings of Muhammed, etc.