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Originally posted by ARTelevision
We'll need to figure out ways to defend that from those who would destroy it and who would destroy us for exactly the reason that they hate our way of life.
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I think it's important to understand that even Islamic Fundamentalists have valid criticisms of the USA way of life, and that even those that hate us exist on a continuum. There are muslims who love the USA, dislike the USA but would never harm anyone, dislike the USA and are politically active, dislike the USA and sponsor terrorism, and dislike the USA and *are* terrorists.
This isn't a pacifist statement. There are people who want to kill americans, and we need to defend ourselves from that. But what we're largely talking about is the largest religion in the world waging a war of ideology with the 2nd largest. Most people on both sides don't hate the other side enough to kill them.
I think if you substitute liberal/conservative for christian/muslim in the above statement, it also applies to this message board.
