Hi, Guest
I'm not saying they're attacking Islam - far from it. Politics is most definitely in play here.
BUT - what is easier to "democratize" in the American fashion - a Christian society, or an Islamic society? Food for thought I figure.
There's no doubting every developed country in the world (and most non-developed countries) would kill for Iraq's oil. What facilitates the "resistance" or "insurgents" is that they believe that their God will lend them the strength to go on and evict the Americans. Bush counters and prays for "God's guidance" in their efforts to "bring stability" to the Iraqi people. Add into the mix that Iraq is made up of three distinct religious factions (Sunni, Shiite, Kurd) that have been known to get violent on mixed political / religious reasonings of their own.
I completely respect your view, but in my own view it's foolhardy to believe that religion has nothing to do with it. Religion is what drives the common footsoldier on both sides, it's what gives him backbone because he/she believes that they are nothing without religion. Actually, their religion will probably get them killed in the process of fighting for said freedoms.
BUT - what is easier to "democratize" in the American fashion - a Christian society, or an Islamic society? Food for thought I figure.
There's no doubting every developed country in the world (and most non-developed countries) would kill for Iraq's oil. What facilitates the "resistance" or "insurgents" is that they believe that their God will lend them the strength to go on and evict the Americans. Bush counters and prays for "God's guidance" in their efforts to "bring stability" to the Iraqi people. Add into the mix that Iraq is made up of three distinct religious factions (Sunni, Shiite, Kurd) that have been known to get violent on mixed political / religious reasonings of their own.
I completely respect your view, but in my own view it's foolhardy to believe that religion has nothing to do with it. Religion is what drives the common footsoldier on both sides, it's what gives him backbone because he/she believes that they are nothing without religion. Actually, their religion will probably get them killed in the process of fighting for said freedoms.
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