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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
I am curious - why is the Conservatives' unbridled support for Israel not reason for resentment from the Islamic world and a possible threat to our national security?
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First of all, because you are making the assumption that the Islamic world operates like this. Did evangelicals in the southern US feel vilified during the child abuse crisis in the Catholic church a few years ago? Hardly. They were joining in with everyone else in the criticism and felt no remorse or brotherhood with the Catholics. Yes, an unusual comparison, but the point is you are dealing with a religion of over 1 billion, and there really isn't a unified body/brotherhood like you think. For God's sake, one of the targets today was a mosque! IS competes with Hamas and would gladly take the region from them and Israel if they could. I am not saying IS doesn't hold an incredible amount of resentment and hatred for Israel, but it has little to with with the Israeli-Palestinian situation.
Next, do you honestly think these attacks wouldn't happen today, exactly as they did, if there was a somewhat anti-Israeli government in Canada? That is laughable.