It's funny how at first you hear a lot of "Islam is a violent religion" and then the reaction "Islam is a peaceful religion" and then "No it's not".
In fact, and it sounds like we all agree, neither of these statements is true. The definition of a label like "Islam" or "Christian" or "Communist" is very broad. I have known people that call themselves Christian that do not believe in Christ as savior (that is another issue entirely). I know Christians that believe in karma and reincarnation. There are many people that do not "fit in"/ We try to further categorize the religion Christian with subcategories "Catholic", "Baptist", "Lutheran", and so on. We do the same with Islam. It helps some in our understanding but not entirely. We never quite grasp the full picture with these labels.
We are trying to categorize billions of people in this world so we can discuss things and think about them. Otherwise, it's a damned mess.
I don't quite know the word for it but "those people over there" are dangerous. The probem with many of the middle eastern governments is that they don't have control over that minority of people that are dangerous to US. Worldviews are colliding. Different strategies for life and empire.
JR said "Frequently it will including lying and shooting dictators in the head from 1500 yards out ... That's just life."
I agree with THAT!
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