Shuffle Wrote:You noticed that, did you?Mister Agenda Wrote:If Islam (or some other new religion) hadn't come along, the region would be largely Orthodox Christian. It would still be tribal, the women would still be covering their heads. If their political history remained roughly the same (we still deposed the Shah's predecessor, we still supported the rural tribes against the Soviets in Afghanistan, we still deposed the secular strongman ruling Iraq, etc.), you think we wouldn't be having these problems if the region were predominantly Christian?
America is predominantly Christian.
What I'm saying is that the history of the region, particularly in the last eighty years, more than accounts for the extremism and instability found there. I have no idea why you think your comment is relevant to that.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.