01-18-2010, 11:59 AM
Quote:Hi,
I have no idea of the actual number, but I do remember the film clips on September 12, 2001. If you were watching, you probably remember them too. The ones with common, everyday Muslims dancing in the streets because Americans were killed. So, I don't know how many have gone through a terrorist training camp, or are members in terrorist groups, or are willing financial contributors to those groups. But the number that *condone* terrorist violence? I suspect that 10% may be extremely low.
--Pete
Then again, how many americans were really happy that Iraq was bombed. Or how many cheered when McCain made his bomb-Iran speech.
Of course you can point at the difference between terrorism in the 9/11 way or bombing by armies in the Iraq/Afghanistan or Beirut, but for the victims that makes very little difference
It is easy to cheer when an 'enemy' gets hurt, even though you personally don't even know them.
The point that I am making is that the number of people that you saw cheering at a certain event are not a good argument here. It is a well known fact that being attacked or having enemies is the way to increase religious extremism. If that is GW Bush who attacks Iraq because God tells him to, or Bin Laden that attacks the US because Allah tells him to doesnot make a difference.