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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Using your age as a cop-out is pretty weak. 41 isn't that old. There are players in the NHL older than you. Seems to me that if you really believe the heathen hordes are looking to kill you and take over the world, you wouldn't let a silly thing like your age stop you from fighting back.
I'm a little long-in-the-tooth for military service myself, but if I honestly believed that some religious lunatics of any denomination were cooking up a plot to take over the world and convert or kill me, I'd do something about it. Only a coward would sit idly by in the face of such danger, no matter how old he is.
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The fact is that Islam enlarges itself by conquest. History and current conflicts confirm this.
My solution isn't to send myself or my sons off on a Holy war. As I have said we need to recognize the motive behind their hatred and respond to it in a logical manner. It would be immoral to kill every Muslim who held their traditional view of the world. It is also hard to change a persons beliefs.
The logical solution is to not allow countries like Iran to gain the ability to harm us. Likewise when a terrorist group attacks like Hezbolah the response must be swift and deadly. Israel shouldn't stop until there are no rockets left in Lebanon. The Islamic world should not be able to claim any victories without also seeing a devastating cost. Lastly, we should use whatever economic and political pressure we can to encourage these countries to move to wards freedom of religion and speech. Free and open dialogue is the only way to reach men's hearts.