tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337196535332637795.post6056051172870948552..comments2023-07-02T05:39:47.367-07:00Comments on Modern warfare and conflict: Islam causes war (Reason #1)joe six-packhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09712147932436398237noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337196535332637795.post-74929896630115343902010-02-23T05:33:43.273-08:002010-02-23T05:33:43.273-08:00"But Islam is no more of a war-mongering theo..."But Islam is no more of a war-mongering theology than any other religious belief system." <br /><br />If you refer to the separation of church and state, yea. THE difference with Islam is that it is designed AS governance. <br /><br />I have studied warfare for more than 40 years. Hundreds of wars. Each is different, unique. In general, all it takes is one or two GOOD reasons for a war to begin. (Not excuses, lots of those) Example: The U.S. Civil War had two. 1) Slavery 2) Loyalty to state over Federal government. (States rights) <br /><br />I have identified more than 6 concerning 'political' Islam. This article is only #1. And this first issue will start a war EVERY time. Example: The U.S. invaded Mexico in 1915 because bandits were crossing the border into the U.S. National boundries WILL be fought over as historically has been demonstrated time and again.joe six-packhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712147932436398237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337196535332637795.post-82512762133168313702010-02-22T11:43:09.159-08:002010-02-22T11:43:09.159-08:00I submit the argument that the conflict that is fo...I submit the argument that the conflict that is focused in the Middle East is more national and political than it is theological. Israel, for example, is particularly offensive to the Arab establishment because Israel represents a flaw in traditional Arab leadership models. Arab peoples are not the only nation indigenous to the "Arab world." Zionism is anathema to the dominant national psyche in the Middle East because it is a secular national expression of a non-Arab Middle Eastern people. This is consistent with the diplomatic resistance to Kurdish national self-determination in Iraq, as well. <br /><br />But Islam is no more of a war-mongering theology than any other religious belief system. To single out Islam, one must be willfully ignorant of all other routine rationales for religious violence that pervades every society to this day. In the United States for example, it is not Muslim people that are murdering OB/GYN physicians who perform abortions based upon the rationale that the procedure is considered murder in some Christian theological traditions.clincherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12227064157639239161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5337196535332637795.post-67452102389790212952010-02-21T06:22:49.486-08:002010-02-21T06:22:49.486-08:00For Muslims, loyalty to the Ummah ('brothers a...For Muslims, loyalty to the Ummah ('brothers and sisters in Islam' - the global Muslim community) trumps and overrides ALL other loyalties and obligations: http://crombouke.blogspot.com/2010/01/brothers-and-sisters-in-islam-muslim.htmltrencherbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11139796977075891020noreply@blogger.com