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Originally Posted by Bucco
No suggestions at all. It is very frustrating . We have sowed these seeds in the Mideast over the years, and need to understand that our "words" will change nothing, and also to make trust of anyone, something needed to be earned.
We have very little in the way of "influence" any longer, and I do feel that giving them any money is wrong.
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The above statement [emphasis mine] is true enough; however, let's not forget the role of Western society in general over the
centuries with such acts as the Crusades, imperialism, colonialism....
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Originally Posted by chachacha
i certainly do not want to broadbrush all muslims as terrorists, but as others have correctly stated, the average secular muslim is either too scared or too indifferent to make any admonishments to their radical brethren to give them credibility to the rest of the world. if they marched for the reasons i stated, it would go a long way to bring them the admiration of their fellow americans and stop the problems of which they are complaining, the "victimization" of being viewed as terrorists. but will they???
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I'm not in a position to take a position on a "Million Muslim March." But wouldn't it be presumptuous for non-Muslims to offer what
should be the goals for such a march?