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In response to "If everything else was the same except (for example) we made women wear headcoverings and didn't eat pork or drink alcohol, would things have changed?" by Reagen

I think if you did those things and lived under Shria...I think a good portion of the Jihadists would leave us alone, yes.

Posted by Mel Profit (aka Mel Profit) Nov 16 '10, 10:30

And I disagree again...I think the Jihadists do care about what we do and how we do it. It gives them something to blame for their condition. As well as the fact that our foreign policies haven't exactly helped them in all situations.

We're fact and lazy compared to them.

We don't get fed daily footage of their citizens being bombed by Western weaponry. The Jihadists are in effect highly energized political activists reacting to a perceived evil. The narrative is being fed to them, perpetuated by preconceived notions and aided by some really distasteful policies by what they perceived to be their enemy.

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They'd have no reason to act if we weren't over there. The fact that we wouldn't be Muslims wouldn't enter into it. - Reagen Nov 16, 10:34 7
- If it weren't US Troops in Saudi Arabia it would be some other pretext. - Mel Profit Nov 16, 10:40 4
  - Disagree. If the US and NATO pulled every bit of personnel and aid out of those countries and said "we're never coming back" - Max Nov 16, 10:45 1
    - (personnel, financial aid, and lip service) -- nm - Max Nov 16, 10:46
  - I think you have it precisely backwards. -- nm - znufrii Nov 16, 10:41
  - But who does he convince to be his foot soldiers? -- nm - Reagen Nov 16, 10:41
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  - I'm not sure what you mean. They acted for a very specific reason but "our freedoms" don't enter into it. - Reagen Nov 16, 10:39

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I think if you did those things and lived under Shria...I think a good portion of the Jihadists would leave us alone, yes.

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