Global Security

[Ughster]

Why is everyone always so worried about terrorists? I'm convinced it's all just propaganda to keep people afraid.

Sure they exist but in my humble opinion terrorism is one of the last things we need to worry about, the damage they cause is minuscule compared to other phenomenons... like say... oh.. War? or... Hunger? Disease? The possibility of nuclear warfare?

I'm not trying to instigate fear or anything, but I think in the case of 9/11 the consequences inflicted by us in retaliation (invasion of afghanistan, war in iraq, etc, etc) have caused 100x more damage on a global scale and only fueled the terrorists cause. Not to mention 9/11 was probably an inside job or at least preventable.

 

[demonon]

Qur’an:9:88 - “The Messenger and those who believe with him, strive hard and fight with their wealth and lives in Allah’s Cause.”

Qur’an:9:5 - “Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.”

Qur’an:9:112 “The Believers fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain, kill and are killed.”

Qur’an:9:29 “Fight those who do not believe until they all surrender, paying the protective tax in submission.”

Qur’an:8:39 “Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to Allah.”

Qur’an:8:39 “So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world).”

Ishaq:587 “Our onslaught will not be a weak faltering affair. We shall fight as long as we live. We will fight until you turn to Islam, humbly seeking refuge. We will fight not caring whom we meet. We will fight whether we destroy ancient holdings or newly gotten gains. We have mutilated every opponent. We have driven them violently before us at the command of Allah and Islam. We will fight until our religion is established. And we will plunder them, for they must suffer disgrace.”

Qur’an:8:65 “O Prophet, urge the faithful to fight. If there are twenty among you with determination they will vanquish two hundred; if there are a hundred then they will slaughter a thousand unbelievers, for the infidels are a people devoid of understanding.”

Qur’an:9:123 “Fight the unbelievers around you, and let them find harshness in you.”

Ishaq:578 “Crushing the heads of the infidels and splitting their skulls with sharp swords, we continually thrust and cut at the enemy. Blood gushed from their deep wounds as the battle wore them down. We conquered bearing the Prophet’s fluttering war banner. Our cavalry was submerged in rising dust, and our spears quivered, but by us the Prophet gained victory.”

Sorry, but you just took some sentences and phrases out of the Quran. And you probably cut and pasted them from somewhere else too.
Do you know what the "unbeliever", "the infidels" and "them" are?
Yes, it's true allot of Muslims, if given the chance, really would kill people because of their believe. But I think that allot of them don't understand the true message in the Quran or even can't read themselves. Allot of Muslims get their information by going to a Mosque and listening to an Imam.
It's really the same that happened in the dark ages and actually even beyond until around the 19th century when a common boy would go to school to become literate.

 

[waltrulz]

how about; the media has brainwashed us so much that we think any non-nato country is a terrorist haven, and has inferior...EVERYTHING, But in my opinion Terrorist do not directly scare people the media does, they use the media as their weapon not planes or pipe bombs. they are motivated by the political and economical outcome not body count. like this, terrorist killed about 71 (last year) Americans and yet it is a MAJOR problem, the problem is us?

 

[Analog]

Why is everyone always so worried about terrorists? I'm convinced it's all just propaganda to keep people afraid.

Sure they exist but in my humble opinion terrorism is one of the last things we need to worry about, the damage they cause is minuscule compared to other phenomenons... like say... oh.. War? or... Hunger? Disease? The possibility of nuclear warfare?

I'm not trying to instigate fear or anything, but I think in the case of 9/11 the consequences inflicted by us in retaliation (invasion of afghanistan, war in iraq, etc, etc) have caused 100x more damage on a global scale and only fueled the terrorists cause. Not to mention 9/11 was probably an inside job or at least preventable.

Everyone in my state is always worried about terrorists, but, I do live in NY, so it's understandable. It could be propaganda but I seriously doubt it, it's pointless in our society.
I do agree that they are the least of the problems that should be on any nations mind. Nuclear warfare is more of a relevant topic to discuss. You statements do have truth to them but they are nonconformist ideas.

 

[bad name seller]

There will always be terrorism, gangs are types of terrorist organization, take a look at the russian mafia/italian mafia, been around for so long, yet they havent been stopped, and they probably do worse stuff then al-quida(sp?).

 

[I Try So Hard]

The root of most terrorism is religion. The root of most wars are yet again, religion.

As long as different religions are on the world, there will be conflict. It it just happens that the muslim faith, has radical interpretations of the Qur’an.