Gunny
Gold Member
It seems it's not so much the West that sees Islam as a problem,
I disagree. The europeans are very savy at fighting terrorism. More savy than us, truthfully. They've been fighting terrorist groups in their own countries for decades.
If you read the international news at all, you will constantly see reports of French, German, Spanish, or Dutch intelligence services rounding up and arresting suspected al qaeda cells and plotters. I would guess they've arrested hundreds over the past 6 years. Far more, than the United States has arrested or uncovered in our own country.
I hate to say it, but the europeans are more sophisticated than bush at fighting terrorists. Not only do they have more experience, but they are able to hone in on, and focus on catching the real bad guys - as opposed to running around like chickens with their heads cut off and assuming that all conservative muslims pose a threat of terrorism.
Finally, europeans, in many ways, are more xenophobic and intolerant of muslims, than our great nation is. Don't fool yourself - they aren't touchy-feely tree huggers who want to sing kumbaya with muslims. Europeans can be extremely intolerant and bigoted. They don't have our culture's sense of tolerance on religion and ethnicity.
Yep, they've been fighting them for decades .... reacting to being attacked but never actually going after the root of the problem.