Re: Islam and Terrorism

Robert Arvay wrote:

>I do not contest your definition of Islam as a religion of peace.
>
>What I will address is that terrorism has come upon the world scene
>with all the affrontery to human decency that fascism did in the
>1930s.
>I do not say that fascism had some inherent connection to Italians or
>Germans.
>But it germinated in those two countries, particularly in Germany, and
>became the virulent, vicious scourge which sparked a war that took
>millions of lives and caused unimaginable suffering.
>
>In that respect, terrorism is becoming the 21st Century's fascism.

Wake up and smell the coffee, Robert. Terrorism is not the recent
arrival on the world scene that you indicate it is. The US has been
the main instigator of terrorism across the world for decades. As Pat
pointed out, it helped train what became Al Qaida. But only recently
have retaliatory acts of terrorism been carried out against US
citizens, and on US soil.

If you want to stop terrorism, tell your government not to take part
in it.

cheers
Steve