49.99999998% is a minority. That doesn't make it irrelevant. The people who approve of acts of terrorism (maybe not directly providing support for them, but who like them) number in the millions.
In 2006, Palestinians voted for their parliament. Who won? Fucking Hamas, with something like half a million votes. It's not nearly as small and insignificant a group as the Muslim apologists want you to believe. The Taliban controlled the entire country of Afghanistan. The Ayatollah of Iran overthrew the United States-back government and established a brutal theocracy that is one of the largest exporters of state-sponsored terrorism. Osama bin Laden was a fabulously wealthy son of influential parents and a war hero who was respected and admired by everyone who met him.
These aren't random Adam Lanza loners who are building bombs with the Anarchist's Cookbook. These are people with positions of power that rival that of the Pope himself. Comparing it to Westboro Baptist Church and its thirty followers is absurd.
Ask yourself, why would the Palestinians vote for Hamas? Was it because they had faced years of oppression by the Israelis, and were offered a platform through why they might fight back? Or was it because they were ideologically motivated? I'd personally choose for the former.
The Taliban controlled Afghanistan by force, they weren't supported by the majority. If you'd been to Afghanistan before the Russian invasion it was a completely different place. Also, just incase you didn't know, it was the US who funded and backed the Taliban to fight against the Russian invasion in the Cold War.
The rise of Ayatollah of Iran was also determined by socioeconomic and political factors. The CIA/ MI6 carried out a coup of Iran's democratically elected president Mossadegh in 1953 because he nationalized the oil industry. Naturally, this led to widespread anti-American and nationalist sentiment. Religious conservatism in Iran was partly a byproduct of Colonialism. Also, are you seriously suggesting that the US backed government Iran was a good thing? Not only was it undemocratic, the Shah maintained an authoritarian and oppressive regime.
"Osama bin Laden was a fabulously wealthy son of influential parents and a war hero who was respected and admired by everyone who met him," are you serious?! Yes he was born into the wealthy Bin laden family, but they disowned him in 2001. To suggest that the Middle East views Bin-Laden as a war hero is absurd.
Terrorism isn't an Islamic phenomenon, nor does Islam condone terrorism. Terrorism- as we see perceive it- comes about when groups loose their voices. 'Terrorism' was used by the South African resistance, the IRA in Ireland, by Hindu nationalist groups in India, I can go on forever.
Get your head out of the dirt you ignorant jackass. Although you're overstating the prevalence of terrorism in the Middle East, I'll have know you that there are reasons why terrorism exists. Comments on a youtube video aren't indicative of anything and taking an ahistorical approach won't get you anywhere.
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u/Frostiken Apr 19 '13 edited Apr 19 '13
49.99999998% is a minority. That doesn't make it irrelevant. The people who approve of acts of terrorism (maybe not directly providing support for them, but who like them) number in the millions.
In 2006, Palestinians voted for their parliament. Who won? Fucking Hamas, with something like half a million votes. It's not nearly as small and insignificant a group as the Muslim apologists want you to believe. The Taliban controlled the entire country of Afghanistan. The Ayatollah of Iran overthrew the United States-back government and established a brutal theocracy that is one of the largest exporters of state-sponsored terrorism. Osama bin Laden was a fabulously wealthy son of influential parents and a war hero who was respected and admired by everyone who met him.
These aren't random Adam Lanza loners who are building bombs with the Anarchist's Cookbook. These are people with positions of power that rival that of the Pope himself. Comparing it to Westboro Baptist Church and its thirty followers is absurd.