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Originally Posted by shcisamax
Honestly, it is time the "good" Muslims condemn and start taking a harder line with their own "bad" Muslims. If they do not want to be judged with the extremists, they need to be just as vigilant and just as active in hunting them down and ELIMINATING them...before something like this happens. They need to have their own intel and need to get rid of the cancer...If they don't like being judged by the extremists, then get rid of the extremists. Don't expect us to do the work and then be upset if we become distrustful. And it is damn hard to figure out who stands where on this. Northeastern University just fired one of their revered professors because it turns out he has ties to the terrorist community.
You can't have it both ways. So in the words of I have no idea who, "Put up or shut up!"
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You have to remember that the U.S. supported many of these extremists when they needed the natural resources these groups controlled. Think about
Charlie Wilson's War in which the U.S. supplied weapons and other materials to the freedom fighters which was then fighting Soviet forces. Saddam Hussein was supported by the U.S. for a long time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson's_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein
Looks like many of these weapons and training provided by the U.S. to the freedom fighters in Afghanistan turn up in the hands of the Taliban later on.
My point in this is there do not seem to be any simple solutions to these problems.