[Cadaverous Pallor]

What Prudence said.

I especially have problems with these issues because my family is Jewish. I was born in Israel - my parents lived there for years. You don't want to ask them what they think of Muslims and Islam.

I keep trying to tell myself "they're just people, just like us, and they're trying to protect their culture from invading cultures." We may not write "Death to Arabs" on our walls, but there's plenty of stuff in Christianity (our dominant religion) about persecuting others who don't follow Jesus.

But, but, but! Their religion IS their government! They have no fair trial system! Women's rights are non-existant! Their upper classes keep the lower classes uneducated and poor! They're animals compared to us!!!

And just like Prudence I hate myself for hating them.

I dig what € said about making the masses happier over there. The problem is, the only way to do this is to conquer them and "make them free"...which I obviously can't condone.....can I? My first instinct is that it simply won't work. But simply talking to their leaders isn't going to turn them into democracies. The idea of crushing those dictatorships and ruling classes is so appealing!

The Muslim nations aren't stupid. They are right. If they let American culture and American freedoms into their countries, they will no longer rule with an iron fist. We ARE the enemy, and they should fear us. Not because we're evil, but because we're good.