The Right has been busy telling us that "they" are out to get us and we'd better spend billions or the sky will fall.
This meshes with the common theological fad that says the world comes to an end through a great battle in the Middle East, and this is part of it, and there's nothing we can do about it except protect ourselves and Israel.
Truth is, terrorists are a tiny minority aggravated by the US's armed presence on Muslim ground and unqualified support for Israel.
Islam is not at war with us. Those who want war are trying hard to convince us otherwise. That's the point.
By the way, using possessive pronouns to refer to men and women, as in "they treat their women ..." sug...

The Right has been busy telling us that "they" are out to get us and we'd better spend billions or the sky will fall.
This meshes with the common theological fad that says the world comes to an end through a great battle in the Middle East, and this is part of it, and there's nothing we can do about it except protect ourselves and Israel.
Truth is, terrorists are a tiny minority aggravated by the US's armed presence on Muslim ground and unqualified support for Israel.
Islam is not at war with us. Those who want war are trying hard to convince us otherwise. That's the point.
By the way, using possessive pronouns to refer to men and women, as in "they treat their women ..." suggests that societies (they) are male and women are property. Many Muslims hold a higher view than that.