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A large factor is that dictatorships need external enemies. They have the jews and the US in the Middle East... How large? I have no clue. Do you -- really? >>
by berntb 14y ago
A large factor is that dictatorships need external enemies. They have the jews and the US in the Middle East... How large? I have no clue. Do you -- really?
>>what would happen if a film came along and really rubbed in the humiliation?
Please don't make excuse for religious intolerance and murder. It is not racism to condemn that in other cultures -- it is normal when tyrants control a country.
By the way, this extremely NSFW cartoon is the funniest argument I've seen regarding this.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-one-murdered-because-of-this-image,29553/ http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-one-murdered-because-of-...
- mkhattab 14y agoThere's no excuse for the murders related to the film and protests, but one cannot deny that US foreign policy has created fertile ground for these extremists.
- sigzero 14y agoExtremists will find ground that is fertile regardless.
- einhverfr 14y agoAnd extremists will often go where the ground is fertile. In fact, I recall something about the US sponsoring a campaign to this effect in '79: Go to Afghanistan! Join the Jihad! Fight the evil imperialists for the glory of Islam! In retrospect, that might have been short-sighted.