Jihad
Mike Yon has a great post on world jihad by militant muslims.
One of the things about the global war that we are missing is that these issues are largely smoke screens. Isreal, the Kashmir, etc; these are sore points but who really believes that all the trouble in the world is because jews occupy ancient palestine? I'm not a jew, I don't particularly support Isreal except as a right to exist as a nation and a people, but if the country of Isreal no longer existed, there would be another reason to attack western countries and western ideals (liberty, freedom). Sadly the killing will continue and there is nothing we who do not live in the region can do to prevent it.
India is overwhelmingly Hindu, though about 150 million Muslims live there, which equals nearly the entire population of Pakistan. Most of these Indian Muslims are peaceful, yet clusters of militants in Pakistan, Kashmir and India keep picking, picking, picking. The subcontinent is one of the most dangerous places on Earth for festering wounds because India and Pakistan both possess nuclear weapons. We don’t have to worry about India, but only a weak thread keeps those weapons out of dangerous hands in Pakistan. One thing is certain: Jews in Israel are not to blame for the murderous rage of militant Muslims in India, and India is at this hour blaming Pakistan.
One of the things about the global war that we are missing is that these issues are largely smoke screens. Isreal, the Kashmir, etc; these are sore points but who really believes that all the trouble in the world is because jews occupy ancient palestine? I'm not a jew, I don't particularly support Isreal except as a right to exist as a nation and a people, but if the country of Isreal no longer existed, there would be another reason to attack western countries and western ideals (liberty, freedom). Sadly the killing will continue and there is nothing we who do not live in the region can do to prevent it.
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