by CaptainPioneer » Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:56 am
Jeremy, Not to say anything wrong about where you are or where you have been... but Turkey is not a primarily Muslim country. There is a very large population of Christians there.. One of my professors is from Turkey and practices Islam. But anyway... About Bin Laden...
Hell yea we trained him and hell yea we screwed him over too. His war is not a holy war (Although he says so) its all about revenge. He uses the image of religion to get people stirred up against the western threat.
Even before the U.S was ever involved in the region there were western powers trying to subvert and destroy Islam... Look at the later crusades as well as Britain's and Frances involvement in Syria, Lebennon, the Balkans, and Turkey.
Jeremy, I have not been to Turkey but speaking secondhandedly, my mother just came back from Egypt, and trust me there were many discussions relating to Muslims and Christians interplay in the world while she was there. Muslims dont hate American's or Christians, there are a few bad apples who convolute societies perception of what Islam means. This is just like our crazy nut job Christian pastors that go out and blame homosexuality for the cause of the holocaust and Muslims as an evil anti-christ group of people.
BTW i havnt seen Charlie Wilson's war yet but I have it... I'll let you know what I think... also Even if it is a true story there is no way our government would let us know half of what really went on in our CIA, FBI or other integral governmental organizations.
A good one to watch is The Good Shepherd...
I only watch these movies for entertainment value, not to unravel the secrecies of our government or the men who run them.
Jeremy, Not to say anything wrong about where you are or where you have been... but Turkey is not a primarily Muslim country. There is a very large population of Christians there.. One of my professors is from Turkey and practices Islam. But anyway... About Bin Laden...
Hell yea we trained him and hell yea we screwed him over too. His war is not a holy war (Although he says so) its all about revenge. He uses the image of religion to get people stirred up against the western threat.
Even before the U.S was ever involved in the region there were western powers trying to subvert and destroy Islam... Look at the later crusades as well as Britain's and Frances involvement in Syria, Lebennon, the Balkans, and Turkey.
Jeremy, I have not been to Turkey but speaking secondhandedly, my mother just came back from Egypt, and trust me there were many discussions relating to Muslims and Christians interplay in the world while she was there. Muslims dont hate American's or Christians, there are a few bad apples who convolute societies perception of what Islam means. This is just like our crazy nut job Christian pastors that go out and blame homosexuality for the cause of the holocaust and Muslims as an evil anti-christ group of people.
BTW i havnt seen Charlie Wilson's war yet but I have it... I'll let you know what I think... also Even if it is a true story there is no way our government would let us know half of what really went on in our CIA, FBI or other integral governmental organizations.
A good one to watch is The Good Shepherd...
I only watch these movies for entertainment value, not to unravel the secrecies of our government or the men who run them.