You said Islam has been at war with us for 50 years,
That wasn't me as i'd put it it at 40 years, since the Munich Olympics and the plane hijackings. Since then the tactics have changed but the goals remain similar.
I'm just trying to figure out who that means exactly. If not every Muslim then who? Just the radicial ones? Not even all the radical ones are violent against the United States. And if you mean just the radical Muslims, why not say that instead of saying Islam? You also didn't answer my question about your 50 year timeline, what happened in the 60s that started this war with Islam?
In fact we don't know who these Muslims are. That should be clear after 40 years. if we did know who they are it would make things a lot easier, wouldn't it? What we do know that there is terrorism emanating from the Islamic community but often have no idea which Muslims these might be as they don't often announce their intentions. We can see them holding up signs throughout the western world announcing their hate, or acting it out, and then going home to their families and jobs. Sometimes they rape, murder and destroy when they get upset. I think we're all familiar with the pattern by now.
You also underestimated the appeal of some of these schools of thought, communism came to Russia and China for example because it was extremely popular.
Huh?Where did you get that idea?? People have always been trying to escape from Communist countries and more then 100,000,000 people have died at the hands of communists. Where do you get your information???
Of course they had to kill a lot of people along the way, but the majority of their followers came willingly.
Incredible!
A leader whether he's religious or whatever else has to have some honest true appeal to some people otherwise he'll be in no position to force those who don't join willingly.
Of course there have been many Hitlers throughout history, and Hitler wannabes. This is why we have to stand up against them rather than appease them, a la Neville Chamberlain, H. Clinton, and B. Obama.
I agree radical Islam is something to be stopped, but even that term isn't specific enough, who are we talking about exactly?
What more information do you require? How would you describe the people who are murdering innocents going about their business, children on their way to school, children in kindergarten, housewives with their children, people waiting in bus stops or teenagers sitting in a restaurant, shooting a nun in the back, slitting the throats of innocent workers, raping women, stoning women, performing clitorectomies on women, commandeering planes into buildings, or having their own children and handicapped children used as suicide bombers. The list could go on indefinitely but maybe you get the idea.
The connection between all these horrors is Islam. What would you call these people? There are a great many adjectives which could be used.
