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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Well, now I can see why you don't get it. The problem? You CAN'T satisfy them. They think its their right to put you under Sharia law - and they intend to take over your country and mine and any means to that end is justified.
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Replace "Sharia" with "democracy" and imagine an Afghan talking to an Iraqi.
Anyway, Letum is not talking about "satisfying" anyone, least of all anyone connected with Al-Qaeda. He's talking about removing the support for such ideology, which torture does not do. Torturing suspects confirms everything Al-Qaeda says about the United States, and the West in macro. The "appeasement" argument is easy to run to, if AL was still around I'd say we'd have seen a picture of Chamberlain by now. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with the matter at hand.
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You didn't have this problem 75 years ago since they were all tribe like and never left.
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It wasn't a problem 75 years ago because this kind of violent Islam is a relatively new phenomenon. Sayyid Qutb and all that. I do hope that the "they" doesn't refer to all of Islam.
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And you are worried about a little waterboarding? I hope they come for your head. It will be a lesson well deserved.
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Classy.