To: Sun Tzu who wrote (272968 ) 1/20/2010 12:53:19 PM From: Hawkmoon Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500 But for you to bury your head in the sand and say that Israel is not the issue is very stupid. It's obviously an issue for those Militant Arabs who want to wipe it out. Is it Israel's fault, or even the fault of the US, that they adhere to that agenda? Are we obligated to facilitate their agenda by granting it the legitimacy of a sovereign Palestinian state? Israel is merely their most compelling excuse for waging their Jihad. When Israel is destroyed they will find a new excuse for continuing their Islamic conquest. Why?.. Because that's what they believe. There's "Dar Al-Islam" (House of Islam) and there's "Dar Al-Harb" (House of War). House of War Sun Tzu, House of War... Not House of Peace.. Not House of Truce (which is merely war that is delayed).Spain has been out of Arab hands for centuries and it did not lead to suicide bombers and global jihad movements I was in Spain in 2004. Less than a week after I returned to Iraq, they had a number of bombings, many of which were located in towns I had been traveling through. Spain is "Al-Andalus". It WAS once part of "Dar Al-Islam" until the Moors were evicted during the "Reconquista":en.wikipedia.org According the Jihadist thinking, it will have to return to Islamic hands as part of their restored Caliphate. Again.. not all Muslims think this way. The moderates, for the most part, do not (at least not publicly). But the militants DO BELIEVE THIS. And if given the opportunity and ability, they WILL pursue a re-reconquest of Al-Andalus. In ignoring, or actively refusing to accept what your enemy is telling you about their agenda, you're violating the precepts that Sun Tzu laid out. "It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle. " Hawk