Are We On the Path to Civil War?
Dark Wolf,
You've explained it perfectly. What the Muslims are trying to do right now has been done by them before, in Persia, in Southern and Central Asia, in the ancient Arabian Peninsula, and in Northern Africa. They know perfectly well how to make use of the West's aversion of "classifying" a certain religious group as dangerous, and it plays to their advantage. But they are dangerous. A Muslim's primary loyalty is to the Ummah, the Muslim global nation. Have you ever heard of "taqiya"? it is a religious principle allowing a Muslim to lie in order to preserve the image of Islam or to advance Islam in some way. Islam has declared war decades ago. The West must wake up and realize what it's up against.
Cornelia,
I used to think the same way you do, when I was younger. I used to think that we mustn't make generalizations, and that we should "understand" them better. I used to think that once they are out of their poverty and misery, the violence would stop. It took joining the military, volunteering for combat duty, and winding up in light infantry for me to realize the truth. They brought this poverty and misery on themselves-- all the aid money they're getting from Europe ends up in Hamas/Jihad/Fatah/Al-Aqsa accounts. They do not want to be "understood" or to "create a dialogue", they want to destroy us. Yes, there are "moderate Muslims", but each and every Muslim is at risk of becoming a terrorist. It is a major part of their religion and it cannot be ignored.
Looks like this thread kind of went into a completely different subject... I'm sorry for that.

Feel free to steer it back in the right direction...