Continuous worldwide warfare? I'm sorry, it's not possible.
I fear that Radical Islam is going to prove you wrong.
Possibly, but it's a circular argument that comes back to the need to promote moderate Islam and not castigate all of Islam for the actions of the radicals.
But will moderate Islam stand up to militant Islam?In the history of mankind...
Every monarchy has been a militant minority ruling over a majority, and every dictatorship today is a militant minority ruling over a majority.
The Roman Empire was a militant minority ruling over a majority, and the Mongol Empire was a militant minority ruling over a majority.
Sadly, disgustingly, a militant minority eradicated a Native American majority, and also in areas of the South enslaved an African majority with a militant minority.
The Bolsheviks fought to power as militant minority and then held together an enormous Soviet Empire, the Nazis came to power as a militant minority and then tried to create an empire.
Most importantly....
The Ottoman Empire was a regime where a militant minority ruled over a moderate majority that lasted from 1299 to 1923. At the height of its power, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the empire spanned three continents controlling much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.
As you can see the militant minority
always* wins over the moderate majority.
I'm of the firm belief that the rebirth of the Radical movement was the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Ever since then the Radicals have perpetrated the Iranian Hostage Situation, the Achille Lauro Attack, the Lockerbie Bombing, the first attempt on the UN building, the USS Cole, 9-11, and a bunch of pot-shots in between.
I won't even get into all the attacks since 9-11. They're well known since the world opened their eyes on 9-11, but much lesser attacks have been the constant pattern since 1979 all in the name of the same Radical movement.
You'll notice that the Otttoman Empire ended in 1923 and the Radical Movement burst back onto the scene in 1979. And, let's be honest, that in between period was becuase many Arab areas were controlled by European powers. Once again, a militant minority ruling over a majority.
A militant minority always wins. Once again, a militant Muslim minority ruled over a moderate majority for 700 years and the rebirth of the Movement
was only 56 years thereafter. Or as the Radicals prefer to call it -- Halftime.
Seriously, we need to wake up. Practice whatever religion you want, marry whoever you want, be whatever race you want(?), but wake up.
Consider it an offshoot of the discussion. I didn't really want to start a poll. You don't have to answer if you don't want to.
Type in Rauf and mosque into google, or Rauf and real estate all you get is conservative blogger links where the writer is screaming about the ground zero mosque, and the wolf in sheep's clothing, and the terrorist ties to money, etc.Good luck wading through all that crap to try and find any answers to legitimate questions.
Type in Rauf and mosque into google, or Rauf and real estate all you get is conservative blogger links where the writer is screaming about the ground zero mosque, and the wolf in sheep's clothing, and the terrorist ties to money, etc.Good luck wading through all that crap to try and find any answers to legitimate questions.
Where did I not expect harsh rhetoric? I know I'm going to get it from one trick ponies like you and oneohh. As for Jewell, I pointed out that nothing in what I posted supported his statement that I thought killing gays in Muslim countries was OK and that I was disappointed in the way he went out of the way to make an untrue statement.You're really, really bad at reading.
Hopefully we can start plotting which other country to invade and be dead, plat out wrong about every reason to do so in 2013 and give those poor, rich 2% their massive tax breaks back so they can keep the jobs in America (even though they sent them overseas anyways when they were getting the cuts). And this onslaught of illegal immigration and terrorism, which clearly started after '08 (or since before Reagan's amnesty if you want to get technical) (weird how it's so bad during Republican admins), will once again come to a complete halt!
