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Now I'm wondering if Israel knows something we don't.Pause in Iran's Uranium Enrichment Puzzles Intelligence Services
While the world's attention is focused on Natanz, Iranian scientists and military personnel could be working on a secret enrichment program at one or more unknown sites that is much more advanced, the diplomats, who demanded anonymity in exchange for discussing restricted information, said.
The world's oil supply and strategic waterways all will be controlled by radical Muslim elements if nothing is done to moderate the movement away from its rampant bellicosity. To date, only the United States, Great Britain, and tiny Israel have any serious intentions of combatting the spread of this hate inspired contagion.
Is it still only those mentioned combatting the spread of radical Islam or have the moderate Muslim nations now joined in this fight? (not that they ever weren't in it to begin with)and to add:Has Israel's behavior (withholding money and taking prisoners) helped or added to the tensions and troubles of the Palestinians? Has Israel's past refusal to negotiate with Hamas helped any or has it put more of a wedge between Israel and the Arab world? Has our (the US) refusal to negotiate harmed any 'street cred' we may have among the Arabs? What if we helped the Palestinians as much as we help the Iraqis? Would doing this help defeat Al Qaeda and Hezbollah? (they will view us as liberators instead of them)
I think if you operate under two completely different parameters you're not going to see eye to eye and therefore you won't have peace, which really ought to be the ultimate goal here – even moreso than bringing perpetrators to justice. Both sides need to make concessions to meet on common ground. I still don't really see moderate Muslims "joining the fight". If this were the case you'd see more of a crackdown on fringe elements. I did read that story a few days ago about Al Qaeda in Iraq turning other members in because of gruesome brutality. It's a good sign but much more needs to be done on a global scale.
I still don't really see moderate Muslims "joining the fight". If this were the case you'd see more of a crackdown on fringe elements. I did read that story a few days ago about Al Qaeda in Iraq turning other members in because of gruesome brutality. It's a good sign but much more needs to be done on a global scale.
Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, UAE, Somalia, Ethiopia? They're fighting it and/or helping us fight it and not allowing the radicals any breathing room.
It was my understanding that at least some part of the Ethiopian government was aligned with Christianity. And remember that Islamic militants in Somalia nearly took over not long ago, or so I recall reading. True, some countries such as Kuwait and UAE may be more friendly but hasn't this always been the case? From what I understand they are also more pro-Western and perhaps more pro-capitalism than some of the other countries. However, maybe radicalism is located squarely in a handful of countries and that these radicals are much louder than the moderates. Think about the Fred Phelps deal in the U.S. and multiply it times 100...then it would be much harder to drown out the din.
