Another question about MidEast supposed 'moderates'?

Question

I was about to post about this when I saw another guy already post - so my apologies for posting a redundant question but i'd like to extend the point some

Common arguments with liberals that go on for 30 mins or so end up past 9/11, past Iraq, bush, kerry, suicide bombings -

they all end up with the final point: Is there such a thing as Mid-East moderates?

Liberals often claim majority of muslims do not support terrorism.
Where are these people?
Where are these people when the Pope says 'insensitive comments' and nuns die and churches burn?
all I see are muslims out in the streets saying Jesus is the slave of allah and the west will perish.

Where are they?
"They're afraid of getting their heads chopped off"
Oh well, that's OK, we'll just get ours chopped off - no.

If they silently tolerate it, they support it, and if they support it, it's a war is it not?

Prove me wrong. Show me these muslims that want to fight terrorists. you'll find ten or twenty.

Thanks for your comment, the guy who doesn't like bush but agrees with what I said.

Makes sense no? regardless on if you don't like bush or not.

And about the Pope and the 500 people on TV burning churches and killing people - one example.

Dozens, hundreds, thousands killed since the 70's.

Sorry if I didn't make it clear that I refered to the broader picture.

My solution is not to wage war on 1.5 billion muslims.

My solution is to demand an end to this acceptance of extremism in Islam.

Not to sound Bushy, because he said 'yer with us or against us', it's true, some say Bush is so gung ho and texan but he didn't even live up to it.

if -I- were president, i'd live up to it, a greater amount of intolerance towards extremism needs to be given in the Islamic world or, you ARE with us or against us.

Answer 1

Often referred to as "the silent majority," apparently they are also "the invisible majority," and, in my opinion, "the non-existent majority."

They seem to do nothing but perpetuate my conclusion - they rant and rave over cartoons, riot over mere words, threaten to cut your head off if you even question their beliefs, demand that the world convert to Islam or die - but they can't seem to find the time or effort necessary to condemn the terrorists who murder and main thousands of innocent men, women and children around the world - all in the name of their God, no less!

The Islamic Council would not condemn suicide bombers even when requested to do so by the United Nations !

It is wrong to paint every Muslim, or any religious or ethic group, with the same brush - they are all obviously not radical terrorists - but it's getting to be a chore to think that there isn't at least an underlying, common theme or agenda among the Islamic followers.

And that's a very unsettling commentary.

Answer 2

Well, Dubya says there are plenty of Muslims signed up to fight terrorism in Iraq and more signing up every day. As soon as there are enough, we will bring our troops home.

The problem is, although I believe most Muslims are peaceful, I don't believe a word that Bush says.

I'm not sure what to think. If Bush is telling the truth, the war in Iraq will end someday. That is something that I hope happens soon.

If Bush is lying, the war in Iraq will never end and that means we'll continue sending troops to get killed and wounded forever.

I think I'll have to agree with you. There are no Muslims up to the task and George W. Bush is lying when he says we are winning the war in Iraq.

Answer 3

... uh... so you believe everything you see on tv don't you... and apparently about 2 demostrations and a church bombing or two is all you need to convict about a billion people... so that's about probably 500 folks that you've seen in the video on TV... out of a billion... and you make this generalization on that...

I guess you see nothing wrong with that?

so... what is your solution to this "problem" that you see?