[Uri]

Originally posted by Rolo@May 26 2004, 03:21 AM
I wonder if people really belive, if any other than Bush was president, then there would be world peace, and there would be no islamic fundamentalist looking to kill EVERY person who are not one of them?

Islam function best in societies where people have no freedom, are poor, and have no or little education. With the extreme population growth in arab and asian countries, where freedom, education, and wealth is rare, then we are headed towards a world where Islam is the biggest religion, controlling billions of suppressed, undereducated, and poor people... and a good % of those people will be angry, and who do you think they will blame for their misfortune? (themself, or others - hint the answer is in the Koran)

The world is so connected today, that we can not shut our eyes, build fortress around our lands, and hope that maybe "they" will leave us alone... it takes just an islamic uprising in saudi arabia, and it would have drastic changes in the western world, and our day to day life.

And that just the short term consequences - long term a world divided into modern democracies and islamic states will head us towards the final war, which will be replaced with sticks and stones...

For many Iraq have been turned into for or against Bush, but the truth is that the cat is out of the bag... No matter who is president, then he/she has to deal with problems, which usual only have a choice between two evils, and not like many might think between good or evil.
I don´t like Bush more than the next man, but if I had to choose between Islamic Chaos or Democratic Chaos, then I choose the last (and don´t belive for 1 minute that the Islamist would not take power and turn it into Taliban, if the US left Iraq or any other arab/asian nation alone).

That is incorrect.

There are many societies where Islam and each of the various factions of Muslims live normal lives and are not interested in engaging in War or Terrorism.

This is true in Morocco, the United States, Canada just to name a few counties. In these countries the citizens live in peace with themselves and their neighbors of different religions. There is always an exception, but it is RARE.

Uri