Posted on 06/11/2005 12:01:21 PM PDT by ambrose
Just as the Klan does not speak for all European-American people, the Al Qaeda, Al Axa, etc etc, do not speak for the entirety of the Islamic population.
Are there some scumbags in their community, yes, there are, but by the same token, there are also good, honest hard working people who just want to live their lives
Bin Laden's real goal, was never to draw "a line of death" or any of that nonsense, Bin Laden is involved in this for one simple reason.
He wants to overthrow the Saud dynasty and set himself up as King of Saudi Arabia (not to mention, kill the Sauds, and all the family members who disowned him)
Now, the people in his movement, that's not their goal, but then again, they ascribe to hero worship of him, so they'll do whatever he wants
The reason this can't be a holy war, well, for starters, the United States does not have an official religion, and when you add to the fact that we have people of clear middle eastern descent in our leadership (Abazaid, I think), it's not a war of religion, it is a war against terrorists, Bin Laden is no more mainstream Islam, then Christian Identity morons are mainstream Christian (Christian Identity is a white supremacist movement)
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