Do we really know what we are up against in the war on terror? I feel that we as a society just don’t want to be bothered by many things. This is especially true if the things require too much attention, research or are politically incorrect to talk about. I don’t subscribe to these philosophies as a general rule, if I feel that I need to become informed on a topic that is what I do and I make sure that I look at both sides of the issue as best I can.

In the War on Terror, do we really know what the Radical Islamists are all about? Yeah, they, along with the majority of mainstream media will tell us that they are just misunderstood, and that Islam is a “religion of peace”. If that is true, why must we always be reminded that it is all about peace? Granted, I have not studied the Quran, and therefore may be misled. That being said, have any of you looked up Islam on You Tube? This isn’t my main source of information, but have you looked at any of the videos of the “Pro Palestine” demonstrations around the United States lately? What about the videos of demonstrations in countries that have a larger Muslim populations than us. Why do they always have an element of violence, and it seems to me that they are the ones instigating that behavior. If you look at Brittan 20 years ago, I see a lot of similarities to what is happening in the United States now. I don’t want to go down that road at all. What is with all of the rioting in the EU over and why does it usually involve radicals?

I am by no means accusing all Muslims of being radical and violent. The truth is most of them are good people with hopes and dreams like the rest of us. It is the small percentage of radicals that carry the power over the rest. Do the respectable Muslims live in fear of the radicals? It seems that way to me. How else do you explain the silence of the vast majority of Muslims. Some are speaking out and trying to inform the rest of us as best they can. They have a difficult task to say the least, and we ought to listen to what they are saying. If I hear someone who has fled the Middle East because of persecution trying to tell me that I had better open up my eyes and listen with both ears open.

Here are a couple of links to look at. I don’t claim these to be the final word on this, but they do deserve due diligence and consideration. In the first link just watch the video at the top of the page titled “What Islam is Not”. The rest are self explanatory.

http://www.warroom.com/
http://www.actforamerica.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hyDRjdXCE