1. Taking evidence seriously

Comment #135444 by AndreD on February 29, 2008 at 1:24 am

On the Iraq issue:

I was against the invasion at the start due to the fact that Saddam was really the only secular voice in the region, and would have continued to be a good person to support for any proxy war that might take place against Iran (or another Islamic country).

Now that he has been deposed and Iraq is full of extremists, I think the US and allies need to stay so as to keep the country in the hands of the US, instead of letting it fall into the hands of Iran or another extremist group.

EDIT: I should also mention that I don't think the Gulf War was a good idea either, support for Saddam should have been continued right though (which would like have made him even more secular).

2. Muslims tell Christians: 'Make peace with us or survival of world is at stake'

Comment #78114 by AndreD on October 11, 2007 at 10:52 pm

It's not that simple. Most conflicts that involve Islam tend to be primarily caused by political reasons, and the religions are secondary to that cause.
For instance, Palestine and Iraq. Both conflicts were caused because of a foreign occupier, but the religious differences of the occupied and occupier tended to escalate the conflict.

BTW, I'm not excusing religions or anything, just saying that 'peace' between them is not going to do a hell of a lot.