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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
Because no Muslim extremist is deterred by MAD, is why. They've already shown a complete disregard for who they kill as long as they're killing the 'non-believers', so what makes you think that this mentality will change any time soon?
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which is what I think I said above, however, the threat isn't about deterring the fanatics. It's about persuading the rest of the non-fanatics to deal with the exremists in their midst.
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Besides, such idiotic statements as the one Mr. Tancredo made above play right into the extremists hands and will undoubtedly be used a rallying cry in order to mount more opposition against the US (Hell, they might even take it as a chance to 'Push the envelope', so to speak). If you bomb-- Or even threaten to bomb-- Mecca or Medina you suddenly change the 'war' (I use that term loosely) from the West vs. Islamic fundamentalists to the West vs. Islam.
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If that is the case, then it should be plainly obvious that their is no compromise because the non-extremists are just as interested in our demise as the extremists. They just aren't as ambitious about it as the extremists are.
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