Saudi Arabian Wahabbism is the root of the Islamist problem, and on 9/11 we were attacked mainly by Saudis. We could do a lot more to restrict prosletyzing by Wahabbi Imams, without actually going to war. I do like Tom Tancredo’s idea of pledging to destroy Mecca if any American city is nuked (mutual assured destruction works). Saddam was an evil bloodthirsty tyrant, but he was also a secular figure who served to restrain Iranian ambitions. It’s a nice thing we did for the Iraqi people, but I’m not yet convinced it was a good thing for the American people. Anyway, I hope that my doubts are proven incorrect. Time will tell!
And they are led by Osama bin Laden and go by the name of Al Qaeda.
I am sorry, but I cannot ignore this comment. I think it makes us feel better, but it is a senseless argument. You cannot make an argument like that without declaring war against billions of otherwise moderate muslims. I know, I know, I have seen it a hundred times on these forums these statements that "there are no moderate muslims". Well, events on the ground in Iraq are putting the lie to that in rather dramatic fashion. Muslims fighting right alongside us and dying in much greater numbers that we are in trying to get al Qaeda operatives killed or driven out of their neighborhoods. There is a moderate muslim community but it just had not revealed any motivation or capacity for revulsion of the extremist -- until now. So, the moment a Tom Tancredo or someone like him gets into a position of power makes a statement like this, how do you think that might strike our moderate muslim allies we have worked so hard for four years to develop?