2. Frank Gaffney does refer to peaceful Muslims & says "they are not necessarily the problem -- at least not yet." Implication clear.
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3. Brigitte Gabriel goes on hateful rant comparing Islam to Nazism, Stalinism and Maoism and crowd absolutely explodes in applause.
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@RyanLGustafson USA lost many thousands of men in combat with communism in Korea and Vietnam. Far more than was lost on 9/11
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@RyanLGustafson I didn't see how the point you made was at all relevant.
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@RyanLGustafson Agree there are many differences but there is ideological dimension to political Islam which it is foolish to ignore.
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@RyanLGustafson I'd add that the smarter neo-cons (Wolfowitz etc) are aware of ideological dimensions of war and try to engage it.
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@RyanLGustafson Also: so-called Cold War saw many more American deaths (100,000 plus) than hot war with terrorists.
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@RyanLGustafson Sure, but USA did in fact engage in ideological battle with communism (sponsoring books, radio programs, etc).
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@RyanLGustafson Al Qaeda is specific foe but grows out of context of political Islam, which is worth engaging with on level of ideas.
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@RyanLGustafson No: USA also directed propaganda efforts towards China (radio, anti-communist books).
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