Comments on: Charles Krauthammer, And What He Thinks About Obama http://www.ourchangingglobe.com/charles-krauthammer-and-what-he-thinks-about-obama/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charles-krauthammer-and-what-he-thinks-about-obama Political & Financial News without the political correctness! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: arhooley http://www.ourchangingglobe.com/charles-krauthammer-and-what-he-thinks-about-obama/#comment-1935 arhooley Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:50:58 +0000 http://www.ourchangingglobe.com/?p=1718#comment-1935 Sorry but Krauthammer is right. I’ve lived in the Middle East, and here’s my take. I’d say about 5% of the Muslims in those countries are card-carrying fanatics who wield outlandish power — same as the old Soviet Union. The remaining people just want to live their lives and be good Muslims only to the extent that it’s convenient and nice. The intolerance and bloodlust in the Koran are embarrassing, but what are you gonna do when repudiating it could get you the death penalty? Worse still is when foreigners start pointing this crap out. The official reform movement is yet to come, but there’s a chance it will happen when Muslims publicly acknowledge the fact of widespread individual disbelief. Sorry but Krauthammer is right. I’ve lived in the Middle East, and here’s my take.

I’d say about 5% of the Muslims in those countries are card-carrying fanatics who wield outlandish power — same as the old Soviet Union.

The remaining people just want to live their lives and be good Muslims only to the extent that it’s convenient and nice. The intolerance and bloodlust in the Koran are embarrassing, but what are you gonna do when repudiating it could get you the death penalty? Worse still is when foreigners start pointing this c*** out.

The official reform movement is yet to come, but there’s a chance it will happen when Muslims publicly acknowledge the fact of widespread individual disbelief.

]]> By: Libertyship46 http://www.ourchangingglobe.com/charles-krauthammer-and-what-he-thinks-about-obama/#comment-1934 Libertyship46 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:49:04 +0000 http://www.ourchangingglobe.com/?p=1718#comment-1934 I’ve enjoyed many of Charles Krauthammer’s articles. Unfortunately, his ideas on radical Islam are just plain wrong. If he really thinks that “Islamism is merely an ideology of a small minority,” he is either misinformed or is willfully ignoring the danger of radical Islam. Try telling the people of Iran or Afghanistan that radical Islam is just an ideology of a small minority. Try telling the people of Lebanon, who just lost their parliament to the thugs from Hezbollah, that radical Islam is just the ideology of a small minority. And try to tell the families of all the people killed by car bombs in Iraq and Pakistan that radical Islam is just the ideology of a small minority. Radical Islam is the primary threat the civilized world faces today. Forget about China. At least China has some notion of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) that the Soviets had during the Cold War. Radical Islamists are a bunch of psychotic religious nihilists who actually embrace death rather than try to avoid it. Don’t believe me, just look at 9/11 and every other Muslim suicide bomber that gave up their lives for Allah. Nope, these are the people we desperately need to stand up to, fight, and kill, before they do the same to you. And for a smart guy like Krauthammer not to see that is puzzling to say the least. I’ve enjoyed many of Charles Krauthammer’s articles. Unfortunately, his ideas on radical Islam are just plain wrong. If he really thinks that “Islamism is merely an ideology of a small minority,” he is either misinformed or is willfully ignoring the danger of radical Islam. Try telling the people of Iran or Afghanistan that radical Islam is just an ideology of a small minority. Try telling the people of Lebanon, who just lost their parliament to the thugs from Hezbollah, that radical Islam is just the ideology of a small minority. And try to tell the families of all the people killed by car bombs in Iraq and Pakistan that radical Islam is just the ideology of a small minority.

Radical Islam is the primary threat the civilized world faces today. Forget about China. At least China has some notion of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) that the Soviets had during the Cold War. Radical Islamists are a bunch of psychotic religious nihilists who actually embrace death rather than try to avoid it. Don’t believe me, just look at 9/11 and every other Muslim suicide bomber that gave up their lives for Allah. Nope, these are the people we desperately need to stand up to, fight, and kill, before they do the same to you. And for a smart guy like Krauthammer not to see that is puzzling to say the least.

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