This is a little late... the post itself and the topic. But that's what you get for lending me your ears.
This topic is rather important, though. For everyone. I mean, Israel and the people living there are kind of amazing. They've inhabited that region for three thousand years or so, they've survived ridiculous persecutions (I believe that the holocaust killed at least half of the world's Jews at that time), they revived and speak a dead language (only time that's really happened) and on and on.
Every time that Israel is attacked, their the first one's at the table to bring back peace or a semblance there of.
So lately we have little Israel, the only real peaceable and Democratic nation in all of the middle east, on a plot of land smaller than the state of New Jersey under nearly constant attack by their closest neighbors. The people attacking Israel (Hamas) store their weapons in schools and hospitals. Israel defends itself like any self-respecting nation would... and the world condemns them for that.
Isn't that insane? Maybe I haven't framed the situation in the best way, but really... things are insane here. Hamas is recognized as a terrorist group by just about every authority that matters, but when they attack Israel, they ask Israel to stop provoking the terrorists... who were provoked simply because Israel exists.
If you're not up to speed on the history of the area and conflict I'm posting some useful videos below. Go ahead, I can wait.
The Middle East Problem
Debunking the Palestine Lie
What is Palestine? Who are the Palestinians?
When else in history has a nation born such a burden of responsibility for the civilians of the group attacking it? People (usually very poorly informed 'celebrities') keep putting Israel down for bombing schools and hospitals... but that's where Hamas and the PLO keep their rockets. Israel keeps going out of its way to spare and protect noncombatants, they give areas they are going to attack 20 minutes of warning.
Hamas threatens and kills those people who try to heed those warnings.
Why do we keep harrassing the Jews for trying to live, and supporting the Arabs that are endeavoring constantly to wipe them out?
"If you mean whose side should we be on: Israel or the Arabs? I would certainly say Israel because it’s the advanced, technological, civilized; country amidst a group of almost totally primitive savages." --Ayn Rand
I find Ayn Rand rather interesting. Some of her quotes I agree with, others not so much. This one I like. And if you need proof that Israel is surrounded by savages well... there are plenty of accounts of honor killings and maimings, child-brides and women used as chattel. Sharia and the Islamic culture that it inspires... sicken me. I could easily find plenty of links and videos to show you what I'm talking about, but I don't want to get that angry right now.
Israel is a civilized and reasonable society that is a force for good and progress. They're surrounded by people who resort to violence and force almost at a whim. They terrorize and destroy.
There are six million Jews in Israel, and one point seven billion Muslims in the world who have 22 recognized nations. Why are they so threatened and angered by such a paltry number of people on a plot of land smaller than New Jersey? It's just ridiculous.
I am firmly convinced that Islam is the greatest threat to freedom, peace, and progress. Now, you're probably thinking, but surely you can't mean to slander all Muslims with such allegations! Well, perhaps not all of them, but while there are good people in any group or population, the actions of that group tends to speak louder than their words. When more than half of anyone's top ten terrorist groups consists of organizations from one religion, there's something fundamentally wrong with that religion.
Time for a little math. According to a survey quoted by Pamela Gellar, there approximately 15-25% of the world's Muslim population identifies as actively fundamentalist or Jihadist. 1.7 billion Muslims worldwide, so that translates to 255-425 million people around the world that want to destroy democracies and freedoms around the world. I really wish I could find the video where she quotes the statistics, because there are more and they are telling.
When your religion says that people of other faiths must convert, submit, or die; that is a fundamental problem.
The thing that angers me the most is how Islamists treat women. I was raised to be a gentleman, to protect women and to treat them with respect. Muslims rape virgins so that they won't get into heaven. Raping non-Muslim women doesn't count as a sin because they aren't Muslim. The... the violence and perversion that is institutionalized by Islam and Sharia is sickening.
One in four Swedish women have been raped by Muslim men or gangs of Muslim men. And all of the West's liberals and supposed feminists stay silent.
There is no such thing as a moderate Islam. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rejected attempts to call Turkey the representative of moderate Islam. "It is unacceptable for us to agree with such a definition. Turkey has never been a country to represent such a concept. Moreover, Islam cannot be classified as moderate or not."
This went a in a little bit different direction than I originally intended, but when a group consistently acts in a way inconsistent with life and peace it needs to be pointed out.
Thank you for reading. Here's one last video to feed your thoughts.
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