Ok, I\u2019ve waited long enough to say this.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been watching the news for the last week and every single day I see people in the Middle East and Africa burning our embassy\u2019s, killing Americans and trashing our freedoms, all because of a movie that I am certain 99% of them haven\u2019t seen.\u00a0 For more than 10 years now we\u2019ve had troops in Afghanistan making every effort to help them democratize their country in the hope of better life, not to mention the billions of dollars we\u2019ve given them and the loss of more than 2000 American lives lost.\u00a0 In Libya, they pleaded with us to help them overthrow Gaddafi until we sent planes and troops and not to show their gratitude, those mopes torch our embassy and kill four Americans.\u00a0 In Egypt, we helped them overthrow Mubarak, and less than a year later they too riot in the streets and throw fire bombs at our embassy.\u00a0 I could go on with these examples, but I\u2019m pretty sure you get the idea by now, so let\u2019s move on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ok, so how many of you remember the Shah of Iran who ruled that country until 1979?\u00a0 Remember, like Mubarak, the Shah was our friend, yet when revolution broke out, we not only didn\u2019t help our friend, we helped overthrow him.\u00a0 Now, let\u2019s see, how\u2019s that working out for us?\u00a0 It seems that every time one of the Middle Eastern countries has an uprising, they call on the good ole United States of America to help them fight their battle, and once those leading the revolution take our money and not only turn their backs on us, they give us their ass to kiss.\u00a0 The very people we help do nothing to protect our diplomats or other Americans in their countries, they are hostile to our people and our government, yet we continue to give them billions in aid while we cut aid for the poor in our own country.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now these people say they have to riot and try to kill us because someone in our country insulted their god, so they have to exact revenge by burning things and killing innocent people.\u00a0 Can you imagine how many dead Muslims there would be if Christians rioted and killed people every time they insulted Jesus Christ? Listen, I understand people taking their religion seriously, I\u2019m serious about mine, but, me nor a single person I know (no matter how crazy they might seem) would kill someone because they insulted our god.\u00a0 Now before anyone reminds me that there are Christians who have murdered people, you\u2019re right, but we don\u2019t collectively lose our minds and riot in the streets destroying our own country, not to mention murdering folks who have done us no harm.\u00a0 We absolutely have more than our share of nut case preachers in this country, but Muslim countries carry nutty preachers to a whole different level.\u00a0 How can a supposed man of god incite people to purposely commit violent acts against other, by strapping bombs to their bodies, filling vehicles with explosives, or just going out and shooting the innocent?\u00a0 How can seemingly entire countries of people who practice a religion that\u2019s supposed to promote peace not speak out and reel in the lunatic fringe among them?\u00a0 More importantly, how can so many people in these countries try to make excuses for the monsters living among them?<\/p>\n
Fact is that both you and I know that not all Muslims are violent terrorist.\u00a0 Having said that, unless and until those Muslims who claim that they want to live in peace as part of the world community step out of the shadows and take their countries back from those who commit terror, they will continue to carry the stigma associated with their countrymen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I started this article by outlining what we\u2019re doing wrong when dealing with Muslim countries, and thus far I\u2019ve not given you any answers, so let me try and do that in closing.\u00a0 In my view the United States Government needs to do the following:<\/p>\n
I know that some who read this will think that what\u2019s been said is extreme, but if you really think about it, can you really think of any better solutions?\u00a0 If you do, I would love to hear them, but I\u2019m betting that most will agree that the solutions above are a pretty good start!<\/p>\n
I\u2019M JUST SAYIN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ok, I\u2019ve waited long enough to say this.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been watching the news for the last week and every single day I see people in the Middle East and Africa burning our embassy\u2019s, killing Americans and trashing our freedoms, all … Continue reading