Thread: Thoughts on Trump

Forbidden Fruit said Squishypink said Jeufufns said radical islam is 1 darn of islam does that mean we need to block of all muslims? No In WWII most of the country if we take germany as an example was completely infected by Nazi ideology, of course we wouldn't allow entry. But 1! 1 is not something that should influence the other 99. Less than a million ISIS fighters don't have the say on tens of millions of muslims. And why does everyone hate Clinton? Literally everywhere I go it's just, Yeah I'ma vote trump instead of Clinton cause he's openly evil and Hillary hides it I literally got that fucking response once. Personally I'll vote for Sanders so I have a completely neutral opinion of Hillary and I don't understand why everyone's raging about Hillary while Trump has all the scandals and the other republicans too from time to time. Click to expand... Heya, I work over in the Middle East doing security work. I can't really say much because they monitor my internet usage, but please try to understand that it's more than just a 1 bad apples issue. The anti-America sentiment has a lot of deep roots over here, even among our allies. I've seen some shit, even among the regular general population, that makes me worry about any plans to settle large numbers of refugees. Again, I can't go into detail. Click to expand... I agree with you that the Middle East seem predominantly anti-American, but given that the discussion is about Muslims , I'll have to ask, do you think feeling anti-American is institutionalized in the religion itself? Because I know that there are sizable Christian and Jewish minorities in the Middle East who do share that negative view of America. I personally believe it is purely political. Feeling anti-American is a global phenomena, actually. The US is very unpopular in the world just like Israel, North Korea, Iran and Iraq. It isn't exclusive to the Middle East, let alone Islam. With all the warfare going on in the Middle East, I feel it is natural for people to be patriotic and act with hostility towards foreign powers. Religion is often used a means of rallying people, but I doubt the teachingsscripture itself promote hate. That's why I feel western Muslims shouldn't be treated the same as those from war-torn countries. As for the refugees, I can't say exactly what is ought to be done with them. I do see why some can be fearful of terrorism, yet I do think it is blown out of proportions sometimes. Fixing what's wrong with this country starts by addressing problems for what they are. It is a waste of time, hypocritical even, to turn to 1 of the population who are responsible for .5 of the shootings and blame them for everything. There should be more gun control laws to protect people from people, regardless of the motives. Anyone, just google statistics about terrorism and mass shootings in the US and you'll be surprised how little influence religion has on the matter. As for ISIS, the world isn't serious about taking them down. Syria is now a chess game with multiple sides fighting and each side is backed by a collection of foreign powers. The direct interference of these foreign powers in Syria's affairs is done under the pretense of fighting ISIS. That's why you'll see Russia pretending to be there mainly to fight ISIS but will spend most of its weaponry against Assad's enemies. That's why Turkey will tell you its there to fight ISIS but it is there to fight its own enemies, the Kurds. The US allies will tell you it is there to fight ISIS but in truth most of the efforts are done against Iran's allies and Assad's regime. It is like a mini world war there and ISIS is the perfect cover. They all want ISIS down but last after the others are taken down as well. Why else are they still there? Saddam Hussein had a very strong and experienced army, local support, regional support, a fucking country, and was taken down in weeks. ISIS is a bunch of bearded guys with explosives-stuffed asses and they have been operating for years now. I'm not here to debate, just sharing my opinion so if I don't reply back to comments please don't take it personally. I just have many Muslim friends so it pains me to see them all painted with the same brush. Click to expand... ISIS is a product of american foreign policies, the same foreign policies that make them unpopular in the middle east, the same policies that made us arm Al-Qaeda until they turned on us, arm Saddam Hussein yntil we had enough of him and arm the FSA until they pledged alliance to ISIS. America is brilliant at making things go haywire and destroying systems but sadly they're more than unable to build them up again. Russia is actually very diverse in who they bomb. They do bomb Assad's enemies which is something they like to rub in our faces in the west because it's so hip and trendy to hate Russia. Russia is currently focusing on indirectly harming ISIS, namely bombing the trade routes with Turkey etc. So they can't sell their oil anymore. Pretty much agree with everything else.....