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Interventionism not muslims is the problem

 

Interventionism, Not Muslims, Is the

Problem


by Jacob G. Hornberger

[Jacob Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation.]
One of the popular post-9/11 sentiments has been the one that holds that Muslims are bent on conquering the world. The notion is that Muslims hate Christianity and Western freedom and values and that such hatred is rooted in the Koran and stretches back centuries. Thus, the United States has been drawn, reluctantly, into a war against Muslims. Thats why U.S. forces are in Iraq and Afghanistan, the argument goes to defend our freedoms by killing Muslims over there before they get over here and kill us.

I sometimes wonder whether the people who have this mindset have reflected on the ramifications of their belief.

For example, if Muslims in general are at war with the United States, then why shouldnt Americans be out killing Muslims here in the United States? After all, when a nation is at war, isnt it permissible to kill the enemy? Isnt that what war is all about?

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