tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post1744586779684859133..comments2023-08-16T13:30:36.797-06:00Comments on Peace or Freedom: Reflections on ManchesterRagin' Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421198497767878287noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post-46729537383291610722017-05-24T15:56:08.655-06:002017-05-24T15:56:08.655-06:00It isn't so much a war of ideology as it is a ...It isn't so much a war of ideology as it is a war to teach them what the costs of actively carrying out that ideology will be, and them MAKING THEM PAY THE COST whenever needed. When your opponents have openly averred that they are seeking death as a means of achieving heaven (the ONLY means universally agreed upon by Islamic scholars for a Muslim to GUARANTEE entry into heaven and the 72 virgins, even after having lived a sinful life of drinking and fornicating), simply saying "we will kill you" won't cut it. They openly target innocents, uncaring because those innocents are either unbelievers (subhumans who deserve death) or other Muslims who will become martyrs along with the splodey-dope who pulled the lanyard.<br /><br />We need to wage the war that will teach them that the costs of trying to impose their ideology greater than any possible benefit they may seek. "War is the solution our enemy has chosen, and I say we give them all they want."Drumwasternoreply@blogger.com