boo boo, have you read the Qur'an? I haven't, and I don't think you have either. From what I've heard, though, from people who have actually read it, it seems like it is as self-contradicting as the Bible. Therefore, not all Muslims hold those beliefs that you are bashing "Muslim politics" for. Just as not all Christians are radical fundamentalists, neither are all Muslims. Some Christians are pro-homosexuality and pro-abortion, while others are not. If you talk to most Muslims living in the United States, you will find that they probably don't believe women are property, just as most Christians don't (even though the Bible says that).
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I don't think Christians should have any influence on our goverment
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What? Yes they should, this is a democracy.
Yes, this has to do with the Iraq war, because boo boo seems to be implying that just because Islam has the potential for sexism and homophobia (just like Christianity does) Muslims in the Middle East shouldn't be allowed to govern themselves. Obviously the elections in Iraq have proven that democracy is elusive in the Middle East. I don't think us staying there will in any way be able to change that. We tried to establish a democracy, it didn't work, sending more troops and staying there longer isn't going to magically fix that.
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But isn't it a little hypocritical how some lefties try to stop Christian influence in politics, but have no problem with Islamic theocracy? Which is even worse.
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I've never heard any "lefty" say anything close to that. But I don't think an Islamic theocracy is worse than a Christian theocracy. They are both equally horrible. I'd be interested in reading the Qur'an, because it seems to be strikingly similar to the Bible. Of course, if I check it out at my library I will have FBI agents tapping my phone and ****.
Ok, I have a lot more to say, but I've already typed way too much. Currently with the Iraq war we are ****ed either way. Problems will happen if we leave, but they're happening while we're there, and to a greater magnitude. A lot of the violence is happening
because we are there, and I don't think we'll ever get it under control. Therefore, we should pull out before we just cause more problems, since we aren't doing any good right now. And that whole "pulling out will damage our reputation" thing is crap. Why the hell is our reputation worth the lives of thousands of US soldiers and even more Iraqi civilians? And like the Unfan said, our reputation was ****ed the moment we invaded Iraq when most of the world told us not to. A reputation doesn't count for ****, either way.
I thank you for not using the whole "if we leave the terrorists will follow us home" line that the conservatives love, because that is obviously total bull****.