• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    4 days ago

    The Ottoman Empire did the same as the west for years,

    The Ottoman Empire did what to who again? Screw them for other reasons, but that’s a complete false equivalence. And yes, I know about the Armenian genocide; that happened during their last few years when they were ruled by the very much secular Young Turks.

    I think that is what the U.S. fears.

    The US fears nothing other than expensive oil and Egypt exercising its sovereignty over the Suez Canal. Don’t make this about religion when the bombs falling on people’s heads are all “secular”.

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      3 days ago

      You think they just asked people for their land and they gave it to them? They murdered people. No other way to put it.

      And “holy wars” fueled their murdering then and now, it just so happens that the people in power now are driven by the holy dollar bill.

      Believe what you want, but I have complete confidence that if given the chance Muslim nations would be just as corrupt with power and use religion to fuel their conquests.

      What evidence do you have to support the contrary?

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          3 days ago

          One of the comments said they hated western powers so I’m just saying that anybody in power is a problem. You seem personally offended. Why is that?