Thursday, August 04, 2005

Terrorism is Still Evil

We have to make sure that the world knows that we, as a nation, condemn all terror, not just Islamofacist terror. Jewish terrorists are just as bad as Muslim terrorists. The world has to know that the USA is against all forms of terrorism, and we need to back up our words with actions. When there are Jewish or Christian terrorists we need to hold people responsible the same way we do for Muslim terrorists. Everyone who says that all Muslims are evil and we need to attack their holy sites if any Muslim carries out a terrorist attack in the US needs to consider that the Palestinians could now say the same thing about the Jews with just about as much justification. Meaning you need to realize that you are being ridiculous. We cannot allow our enemies to spread propaganda saying that when Jews carry out terror attacks against Muslims that we are silent, but when Muslims carry out terror attacks against anyone we talk about bombing Mecca. If that is true then we truly are the bigoted, anti-Islam force that they try to paint us as. On the other hand, if we show the world that we are unequivocally against terror no matter what the ideology of the terrorist then it will be another huge step towards convincing moderates around the world that we are pro-freedom and not evil. And that we are working for something positive in Iraq, not for the subjugation or humiliation of Muslims. Its a tragedy that this attack happened and that innocent people died. But it is also a perfect opportunity for the US to show that we are against terrorism the world-over even if it's carried out in the name of our allies against people who sympathize with our enemies.

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