Quote Originally Posted by jamstigator
Not ALL religions are that bad. Islam seems to have some scriptures (if that's the right word) where people are induced to kill infidels in order to benefit in the afterlife. I don't know that Christianity or Judaism or any other mainstream religion praises violence done in this life in return for benefits in the afterlife, regardless of who the victims of the violence might be. The extremist Islamics use those scriptures to foment killing and thus keep the cycle of violence going.

Just look how crazy Iraq has become. Two Islamic sects with minor religious differences just flat out wasting each other left and right, while the third, more civilized sect (the Kurds) just wants to be left alone. Only in retrospect can we see that it was Saddam's brutality that kept all that more or less in check. But brutality isn't really 'the American way', so how the hell are we supposed to help? Give them a new strongman to dictate their lives so they don't kill each other? Maybe this will provide the American people a valuable lesson: don't create a problem until you FIRST figure out how you're going to solve it. And if it's not a problem we CAN solve, best not to get involved at all.
If the Islamic religion demands total theocracy, then there is no denying that Saddam was a better choice as the leader of Iraq. This guy presented a much smaller threat to us than al quada, or similar terrorists, - and we upset the apple cart by overthrowing him.

The religious right gravitates toward theocracy - they feel that they have more in common with Islam than, god forbid, atheism. Even though Saddam was/is most certainly not an atheist, many in the Christian right prefer working with the Islamic way of thinking as opposed to a more secular tyrant.

If we had leaders with balls, theyâ??d just come out and tell the truth about Islam. They do not, therefore we must question if they even know anything at all.

Of course, it's all about money in the end. The more craziness that is happening, the more the rich get richer and you know the rest.