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To: maverickusna2009
“It’s good to see this sort of thing...the vast majority of Muslims are obviously not extremists - a point lost on many Americans, I fear. Assymetric conflicts, such as GWOT, require an incredible amount of cultural understanding to win and this sort of video helps in that understanding.”

- True.

On the other hand, a lot of comparatively sane Muslims seem mentally incapable of dealing with the mere existence of Islamofascism. To some extent, they even deny it exists.

A large share of the Muslims believe 9/11 was staged by Non-Muslims like people working for the CIA or a conspiracy among the ‘ruling elite’ of the US.

My experience is that few Muslims who live in the West support any kind of terror attacks in the name of Islam, but simultaneously distrust of the West is at an all time high.

A major problem concerning the struggle to make the Muslim World more democratic is that most Muslim’s don’t want our help in this field, while there, simultaneously, is little that Muslim friends of democracy CAN do on their own against Islamofascist leaders like those residing in Tehran.

12 posted on 04/30/2007 4:32:43 AM PDT by WesternCulture
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To: WesternCulture

“My experience is that few Muslims who live in the West support any kind of terror attacks in the name of Islam, but simultaneously distrust of the West is at an all time high.

A major problem concerning the struggle to make the Muslim World more democratic is that most Muslim’s don’t want our help in this field, while there, simultaneously, is little that Muslim friends of democracy CAN do on their own against Islamofascist leaders like those residing in Tehran.”

Interesting...have you read the “Pentagon’s New Map?”


13 posted on 04/30/2007 4:37:16 AM PDT by glennshepard (Semper Fi, Beat Army)
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To: WesternCulture

A major problem concerning the struggle to make the Muslim World more democratic is that most Muslim’s don’t want our help in this field, while there, simultaneously, is little that Muslim friends of democracy CAN do on their own against Islamofascist leaders like those residing in Tehran.

I would point out that in the last elections in Malaysia & Indonesia the Islamist parties lost...badly very badly. in Malaysia they held onto their seats (in the north) by 1% of the vote.
(I posted an article on this at the time and I could find it if you want I suppose).

What we see with “Islam vs. Islamists: Voices From the Muslim Center” is part of the problem, the lack of PR both here and in the media) on the fact that the vast majority of Muslims don’t buy into Salafiism/Wahhabism.

(Note: No where have I said there are no problems inside Islam. I would never say anything quite so silly)


15 posted on 04/30/2007 5:53:22 AM PDT by Valin (History takes time. It is not an instant thing.)
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