Do Democrats believe that Radical Islam is not a threat to our country?

Answer 1

i'm not a democrat, but i can tell you. those people were never a threat. the threat comes from when our government, trains and equips all these people.

It doesn't take much thinking to understand, that america makes the monsters stronger. and then uses it as an excuse to push another agenda.

We have the strongest military in the world bar none. the only threat to the american army is the leaders who abuse it.

Answer 2

Yes, I'm a Democrat, and yes, I believe that radical islam is a threat, just as I believe that radical Christian Evangelists are a threat. Radicals of all ilk are a threat.

Where I part company is in the methodology to reduce this threat. This is based on the fact that unless we kill every Muslim, we're not going to be able to end the threat by force of arms. Let me explain with an example we can all understand, Saddam Hussein.

When Saddam decided to eliminate an opponent, he would kill the entire extended family of the victim. Culturally, it would be the responsibility of another family member to seek revenge against someone who killed a member of his family.

So for each person we kill, we are creating an entire family seeking revenge.

In Greek mythology, the hydra was a multiheaded creature. Each time you chopped off a head, two would grow in it's place.

The situation in the middle east is very complex, to complex for me to understand, and maybe too complex for any westerner to understand. But the solution for the problem lies in first understanding the people and cultures.

I don't have a solutuion. But I do know their won't be a lasting solution until understanding is achieved. Bombs and guns don't seem to be working.

Answer 3

Anyone who truly understands radical Islam, including Muslims, KNOWs that it is a dangerous threat to the world.

Answer 4

Will you admit that this administration's reaction to Radical Islam is ALSO a threat to this country?

Answer 5

No. i think of Islam must be appeared at from the contents of its scriptures; that's teachings, what it ordains etc and whether there is conclusive evidence that Mohammed replaced into receiving revelatations from a divine being quite than making all of it up himself. John

Answer 6

Of course we do. What we argue is that the way to fight Radical Islam is not what we are doing in Iraq. This upcoming conference with Syria and Iran discussing what to do is more likely to eventually solve the problem. You cannot win someone over by shoving a gun in their face.

Answer 7

they believe that RADICAL ANYTIHNG is a threat. why is it that the north koreans have told us over and over again that they have nukes, but bush decided to go to war with a guy that turned out to have none?

the fact of the matter is this, as a global superpower, we have a moral obligation to try and keep the world as safe as possible for all mankind, but at the end of the day, we need to put a priority on our own people. the war in Iraq (which is NOT the same as the war on terror) is failing, we've lost over 3,000 of our own, and thousands of iraqi citizens, men women and children, have died in a conflict that we began under false pretenses. thats not making anything safer anywhere.

and if you're gonna say "well look what saddam was doing to his own people.....", you're right, the guy was insane and needed to go, but the way we did it created an even more unstable problem, and what right do we have to FORCE democracy on these people who dont know how to live that way? right now the bush administration is considered by most of the USA to be completely wrong, and immoral, and bad for the country. does that give another country.... say.... China... the right to come over here and change it? NO. the same way we went into Iraq with no right to do so.

unless we end up with an amazing president in the next election, i'd say the next 3 administrations AT LEAST will need to spend most of their time dealing with the aftermath of the biggest failure of a president i'll see in my lifetime, George W(tf?) Bush.

and by the way..... lets look at another situation here....

a kid is caught doing something he shouldnt do..... stealing, lets say... whatever... one parent doesnt like it, and wants to spank the child till he cries, the other parent doesnt want to spank him, they want to find another way to deal with it.... IF THEY DONT WANT TO HIT THE KID, THAT DOESNT MEAN THEY SUPPORT STEALING. just the same way that you can oppose a war and NOT support the other side. it shows how little respect the Bush cabinet has when they say "well, when you dont support us you might as well support the other side". if they really believe that, then they're even dumber than they've shown us already, IF that level of stupidity is possible. this country was founded on the idea of everyone saying what they want, if they want total control and to tell everyone how to think, then they're just as bad as Saddam, who they've told us was evil (even though Dick Cheney was business partners with him for years... figure that one out....)

Answer 8

That seems to be the case. How many here & elsewhere say that Bush is the greatest threat to the world?

Answer 9

Islam is a lie from the pit of hell, and I am here to expose it for what it really is.

Answer 10

yes