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Sub, the way I see it we are all humans - muslim, christian, american, european, whatever - and all have the same capacity, in general, for 'good', 'evil', enlightenment, etc. The problem is culture.

At one time, Christians were just as evil and oppressive as the current radical islamic movement (e.g. during the spanish inquisition and a couple of the crusades).

However, people who compare modern day radical islam to christian extremists are missing the reality of the situation in a colossal way. There are *vastly* more radical muslims preaching the most vitriolic and hateful ideas imaginable, and using the fervor of religion as fuel to inflame these masses.

In an ideal world, we could counter such a movement with example, dialog, and outreach. But the current situation is much too far gone for that. Sadly, there is no alternative now but total war against islamic terrorism - and it won't take too many more attacks by radical muslims against westerners before the West finally wakes up to this fact in a big way.