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In the discussion thread: You know what would probably be really effective at combating Islamic fundamentalism? [View all]

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Sun Sep 16, 2012, 11:39 PM

robinlynne (15,172 posts)

77. Saudi Arabia is where we have the biggest military presence!

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You know what would probably be really effective at combating Islamic fundamentalism? [View all]	white_wolf	Sep 2012	OP
Three reasons it won't happen	nadinbrzezinski	Sep 2012	#1
It probably never will happen, at least not anytime soon.	white_wolf	Sep 2012	#4
The real long view from history	nadinbrzezinski	Sep 2012	#37
it will happen eventually	BOG PERSON	Sep 2012	#8
i fear when humans disapear	nadinbrzezinski	Sep 2012	#10
maybe when spiders evolve into intelligent beings	BOG PERSON	Sep 2012	#19
Spiders are already smart enough to remain solitary.	Loudly	Sep 2012	#36
love it. spider communism.	robinlynne	Sep 2012	#76
Four	ThoughtCriminal	Sep 2012	#40
Already taken into account	nadinbrzezinski	Sep 2012	#42
Oil.	uppityperson	Sep 2012	#2
We get most of our oil from Venezuela, though	treestar	Sep 2012	#48
I do not know, but where does the oil come to make things? Not just gas, but all the plastic	uppityperson	Sep 2012	#71
Until they get nukes. They don't want us on the earth eventually.	RegieRocker	Sep 2012	#3
I don't see them using nuclear weapons. I think MAD would be enough to deter them.	white_wolf	Sep 2012	#5
We are talking about people that strap bombs to themselves	RegieRocker	Sep 2012	#9
Somehow I doubt the various leaders of Middle-Eastern nations share that enthusiasm.	white_wolf	Sep 2012	#11
What I am saying is "I don't see the governments taking	RegieRocker	Sep 2012	#17
were we talking about the tamil tigers?	BOG PERSON	Sep 2012	#12
False analogy. Terrorist leaders do NOT "strap bombs to themselves"	Hugabear	Sep 2012	#43
LOL our Presidents don't go on missions	RegieRocker	Sep 2012	#83
The first suicide bombers were not Muslims n/t	malaise	Sep 2012	#45
They seem to have taken it and run with it. Nt	Confusious	Sep 2012	#81
agreed. that's why we must never butt out of the middle east	BOG PERSON	Sep 2012	#7
They care if we agree with them....LOL	RegieRocker	Sep 2012	#13
People love any reason to stop thinking so they join groups to fill up their heads with non-think.	freshwest	Sep 2012	#24
Yes but I think it's because we had to stay in groups to survive	RegieRocker	Sep 2012	#26
nukes are defense only wepon.	chknltl	Sep 2012	#53
It's less the US presence and more Israel.	wickerwoman	Sep 2012	#6
If they were getting mad over our presence and bombings then maybe.	dkf	Sep 2012	#14
Do you actually think they would have cared about a movie if they weren't being bombed?	white_wolf	Sep 2012	#15
I would have to agree with dkf	RegieRocker	Sep 2012	#18
They're rioting in Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mali and other places that we've never been	riderinthestorm	Sep 2012	#57
Saudi Arabia is where we have the biggest military presence!	robinlynne	Sep 2012	#77
a whole lot less of the stick	Dokkie	Sep 2012	#16
kr	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#20
Another way is Islamic moderation.	MNBrewer	Sep 2012	#21
The vast majority are moderates.	white_wolf	Sep 2012	#23
I really doubt that your version of "moderate" is the same as mine.	MNBrewer	Sep 2012	#27
And what is your solution?	white_wolf	Sep 2012	#28
The solution isn't up to me	MNBrewer	Sep 2012	#32
Provide Asylum? Yes, absolutely.	white_wolf	Sep 2012	#35
the arab bourgeoisie has failed in its historical task	BOG PERSON	Sep 2012	#34
That's crazy talk	4th law of robotics	Sep 2012	#74
Did you approve of us killing Osama Bin Laden?	Nye Bevan	Sep 2012	#22
If we didn't meddle in their affairs, there may not have been an Al-Qadi.	white_wolf	Sep 2012	#25
The Taliban did not seriously offer to turn over bin Laden.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#31
I don't think it was too much to ask on their part..	Ghost in the Machine	Sep 2012	#38
Sure maybe we should have just asked Germany to hand over Hitler to Switzerland.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#39
"Good luck finding some "impartial party". That is a real joke. Sorry but none exists."	Ghost in the Machine	Sep 2012	#44
He did take credit for it.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#46
"Bin Laden says he wasn't behind attacks" Sept. 16, 2001	Ghost in the Machine	Sep 2012	#47
A poster defending OBL on DU. Amazing.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#52
2004? Really?? Your "defending OBL" comment is laughable, as are your debating skills..	Ghost in the Machine	Sep 2012	#54
You spend this whole sub-thread complaining about lack of due process for OBL	former9thward	Sep 2012	#55
No, actually it was about disproving your false assertion that the offer to turn him over wasn't	Ghost in the Machine	Sep 2012	#58
Look this comes down to whether you believe the Taliban or not.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#59
No, it comes down to the fact that I prefer a little tact and diplomacy first...	Ghost in the Machine	Sep 2012	#80
Bush's wars had nothing to do with bin Laden. and everything to do with earning billions of dollars	robinlynne	Sep 2012	#78
I couldn't agree more.	Cleita	Sep 2012	#29
Then they can no longer use the U.S. as the excuse for their problems	Lydia Leftcoast	Sep 2012	#64
If our leaving	Turbineguy	Sep 2012	#30
Three reasons why we won't: profit, profit, and more profit.	Initech	Sep 2012	#33
Yes. We called it Manifest Destiny against the "savages" on our own continent. On theirs,	cr8tvlde	Sep 2012	#41
#4: Telling Bibi to Go Fuck Himself	M_M	Sep 2012	#49
Will that stop them executing gay people?	Nye Bevan	Sep 2012	#50
Are we supposed to invade every country that is bad on human rights?	Lydia Leftcoast	Sep 2012	#62
I think the point is	Confusious	Sep 2012	#82
Another way	dynasaw	Sep 2012	#51
FDR,The Saudis,and oil,oil,oil.	virgogal	Sep 2012	#56
Stupid....	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2012	#60
"get off Islamic holy sites"	EX500rider	Sep 2012	#61
There was the one that U.S. forces destroyed in the early part of the Iraq War	Lydia Leftcoast	Sep 2012	#63
If you mean the 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing..	EX500rider	Sep 2012	#66
There are other holy sites besides Mecca and Medina...	white_wolf	Sep 2012	#67
Yep..	EX500rider	Sep 2012	#70
An airlift of Kind Bud, HDTVs and Andrew Blake films.	Warren DeMontague	Sep 2012	#65
Then there are the Sydney riots.	Prometheus Bound	Sep 2012	#68
And France, and the UK, and Indonesia.	riderinthestorm	Sep 2012	#69
That, or...	Alduin	Sep 2012	#72
Once again what do you propose we do about it?	white_wolf	Sep 2012	#73
I'm not the leader of the country.	Alduin	Sep 2012	#75
Extremely doubtful	oberliner	Sep 2012	#79

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