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Originally Posted by alansmithee
Not all are willing to die, and for many of those willing to give their own lives they have others who they don't want to see hurt. I have seen no evidence of a feasible way to stop the atmosphere, short of mass islamic conversion in the western world. Since it seems we can't change their views/beliefs, you must force them to change their behavior.
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but we can change their behavior. look at iran. all reports i've read basically say that the youth are pro-america/west and don't support the ayatolla. for the most part, it's just a matter of waiting for the older generation to die out, the current crop of 20-somethings and younger are ready for the change.
look at iraq pre-invasion. they were a secular nation and the poeple didn't seem to have any qualms living like that.
you can't change peoples hearts and minds like you would flip a switch. and to try to do it by gunpoint, well, you're asking them to flip the switch. during the inquisition, many jews converted to catholocism and in private retained their judiasm. we could convert all the muslims to 'western culture' (which outside of religious conversion, we're already doing through the exportation of our businesses and way of life) instantly, but then we'll just have more people resistant to change who will one day get their revenge.
it just seems to me that in order to stop terrorism, we can not rely solely on the sword. but so far that seems to be the only thing we've brought to it.