Re: Islam in the news for the right reasons.
Originally Posted by
Pumicestone
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Not entirely sure about that, Morticia.
But even if it
is true, many might see that they have been provoked beyond endurance.
Over the last few decades, the whole Middle East has been tyrannised and dominated by the West.
Would you like to be an innocent Iraqi shopkeeper as the American bombs rained down on Baghdad ?
Or a Palestinian any time since 1948 ?
Those are not Muslim nuclear ships intimidating all and sundry from the Mediterranean to the Gulf.
Drones are not too particular about "collateral damage".
I'd reckon the world has far more to fear from American aggression, perhaps a bit from Putin and, down the track, the rising militarism of the Chinese.
I despise UK policy which created Israel in 1948!
I was totally opposed to the wars in Iraq etc.
However - despite the evil and inhumane policies of The US and other western governments (including our own), I do
not see anyone other than Islamic terrorists bombing and killing
our own citizens on our own streets.
How do you suggest that we react to (for example) the murder of Lee Rigby? - Simply say, "Well we deserved it!"
How should we react to the 7/7 London bombings? - Simply say, "Yes I can see their point!"
When someone is under attack, unless they are a total pacifist (Quaker or Buddhist for example), they will try to fight back against their attackers.
Many perpetrators of terrible crimes have suffered from appalling cruelty and/or neglect in their childhood which has contributed greatly to their offending behaviour. Do our courts excuse their behaviour and say, "Yes he may have murdered and raped a dozen women, but with his background he really couldn't help it"? Of course we don't - we hunt them down and render them incapable of further offending.