Originally posted by: MonstaThrilla
Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: MonstaThrilla
Originally posted by: alchemize
So what went wrong with the last leadership, if your scenario is correct? We had 8 years...and yet...
Ah, here comes the Clinton finger pointing.
Clinton obviously failed in addressing the threat of Islamic Fundamentalism. No administration in US history has yet to successfully deal with it...
So why do you think the next one will? By providing a "shining example" as you mentioned? I'm not pointing a finger at Clinton. I'm saying your logic fails, because we've already provided a shining example for 40+ years.
They know we have democracy. They know we have wealth. They hate it. THEY HATE IT.
You want to deal with cancer, you kill it, starve it, excise it.
Who's they? If its Al Qaeda and terrorists with blood on their hands, then I agree that they need to be exterminated by force.
But I was replying to the more general question the poster posed, which was how to deal with the
spread of Islamic Fundamentalism. How to stop those young men in Islamic countries from becoming terrorists. These men aren't born with a vehement hatred for us, they're taught it. The more reasons we give them to hate us, the more they will. My solution is to stop giving them reasons to hate us, and instead give them reasons to want to imitate us.
I don't agree with your notion that the shining example method isn't working. The young people's reform movement in Iran is one example.