tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post6479516048010877111..comments2024-03-26T04:21:43.535-05:00Comments on Free Association: What Do Terrorists Want?Sheldon Richmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-67125264886804417782016-04-25T00:11:07.146-05:002016-04-25T00:11:07.146-05:00Sheldon,
It has not been proven that Arabs flew a...Sheldon,<br /><br />It has not been proven that Arabs flew any planes into any buildings. It's not even proven that any planes actually struck any buildings, but that's another matter I know it is tempting to use the Establishment's own narrative against them and their interventionist foreign policy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-36025081405638793962016-04-06T20:31:57.707-05:002016-04-06T20:31:57.707-05:00> I suppose you have a point. If western women ...> I suppose you have a point. If western women stopped dressing so provocatively and if gays would go back into the closet and if atheists would keep their views to themselves, Muslims would feel more at home in the West.<br /><br />If that's true, then why does the Islamic State hate Saudi Arabia? Saudi Arabia and already implements the same "Salafi" policies as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, so it's unlikely because it isn't Islamic enough. More likely, it's because Saudi Arabia is brutal dictatorship supported by the United States. <br /><br />Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the founder of al-Qaeda in Iraq, which later evolved into the Islamic State, hated the Jordanian government so much that he wanted to overthrow it. His first two concerns was the American/European military intervention in Muslim countries and Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. "Islamism" was only a tertiary issue. <br /><br />And why does the Taliban exist in Pakistan even though Pakistan is already a Muslim country? It's probably because the Pakistani government is perceived to be a puppet of the West. The Pakistani does not do anything to stop the U.S. drone strikes, such drone strikes have has killed thousands of Muslim civilians.3D Face Analysishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09071210205804748880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-4370137656485259192016-04-06T13:53:54.598-05:002016-04-06T13:53:54.598-05:00"if the US practiced nonintervention, Arabs w..."if the US practiced nonintervention, Arabs wouldn't fly planes into our buildings" <br />I'm a non-interventionist and a secularist, but this statement is unadulterated bullshit. When we can draw cartoons of Mohammed just as we can put a crucifix in urine or put elephant dung on the Virgin Mary (taxpayer funded, no less!) without Muslims throwing a shitfit such as the Jyllands-Posten controversy or the Garland, TX shooting last summer, then I will believe you. By the way, right before the Garland attack, one of the gunmen posted "May Allah accept us as mujahideen" on Twitter. Yeah, real complex geopolitical statement there. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10093374133817470249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-13868959616089040592016-04-06T11:53:52.024-05:002016-04-06T11:53:52.024-05:00So you equate provocative clothing and gays living...So you equate provocative clothing and gays living openly with bombing, invasion, occupation, torture, and support for tyranny? Interesting. Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-5575448358080973192016-04-05T18:41:37.789-05:002016-04-05T18:41:37.789-05:00Vanessa
Yes, US and European foreign policies are...Vanessa<br /><br />Yes, US and European foreign policies are the primary reason there are so many displaced Islamic refugees in Europe where socialist domestic and economic policies, as well as high union membership and high unemployment levels act to ensure those people are unemployable and unassimilable.<br /><br />Hindu suicide bombers? <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104391493" rel="nofollow">Here you go.</a> We in the west don't pay much attention to that part of the world, but Tamil Tigers are responsible for more suicide bombing deaths than all Islamic bombings to date.<br /><br />Buddhist/Shinto bombers? Surely you're aware of the thousands of Japanese Kamikaze bombers who martyred themselves in the name of the Emperor toward the end of WW2 when military defeat seemed inevitable. <br /><br />Of course suicide bombing isn't about religion primarily but about attempts to influence the foreign policy of a foreign invader or occupier of a homeland, against whom there are no realistic military options available.<br /><br />For an excellent treatment of the subject see <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1400063175/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=" rel="nofollow"> Dying To Win</a> by Robert Pape.Ron H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17778875977813470690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-58508342937150559982016-04-05T17:09:28.652-05:002016-04-05T17:09:28.652-05:00I forgot the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.I forgot the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-89831597865045955872016-04-04T06:26:15.114-05:002016-04-04T06:26:15.114-05:00Oh sure, with help from bumbling FBI informants. S...Oh sure, with help from bumbling FBI informants. See the work of JD Cash and the book by Charles and Gumbel. Also see Scott Horton's interviews with Cash, Charles, and Jesse Trentadue.Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-83091883463038749982016-04-03T22:17:14.619-05:002016-04-03T22:17:14.619-05:00Sheldon,
You don't really believe white natio...Sheldon,<br /><br />You don't really believe white nationalists or Neo-Nazis did the Oklahoma bombing, do you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-14916028395560189232016-04-03T09:02:19.011-05:002016-04-03T09:02:19.011-05:00Even better - openly encourage trade with the Musl...Even better - openly encourage trade with the Muslim world (and every other world). That would do wonders for building peace with them.<br /><br />Of course, that strategy wouldn't benefit politicians and their wealthy friends who want us all to depend on them and keep them in power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-55003866384853826232016-04-01T11:26:26.204-05:002016-04-01T11:26:26.204-05:00Thanks for your comment. Here's how we can fin...Thanks for your comment. Here's how we can find out if what you hear is true: a controlled experiment. For the next 50 years we have no military contact whatever with the Muslim world and nothing more than neutral diplomatic contact. This would include an end to all support for Israel. Domestically, we would fully recognize women's (and men's) rights. Let's see if Muslims are willing to come here on suicidal missions.Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-21044145590435692352016-04-01T00:45:38.810-05:002016-04-01T00:45:38.810-05:00hello, im new to this site and i have an open mind...hello, im new to this site and i have an open mind i think. but can i pose a different opinion. first i am a domestic security expert who just wanders into international politics but i have posed my ibservations to many of my muslim friends and acquaintences in serious attempts to understand. my discussions have led me to believe that the war on terror is actually a war to support womens rights. the mindset that i have encountered is that the muslim men do not like the "propoganda" the US is exporting about womens rights. they dont want to learn to have equal partners or to not be able to punish their wives and children when they feel its necessary. If they were to allow the propoganda to become ingrained in their society they would have to change a great deal of their power, religion, and way they live. maybe im wrong but every muslim ive talked to admits its true. that isnt that many people but.... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com