How the West Could Lose

Submitted by Donald W. Bales (United States), Dec 26, 2006 at 10:30

You are so right. My thoughts about this subject exactly. Europe and much of the U.S. is post-Christian or even anti-Christian while the Muslims have the advantage of a religious revival that is being exploited by power-hungry politicians.
Additionally the Muslims have plenty of oil and plenty of money. Germany and Japan had no oil and less money. Russia had oil but no access to it and lacked money.

Also the total population of Germany, Italy and Japan was less than even 10% of Muslims. Deterrence (MAD) is not an option. The tracks of a nuclear, biological or chemical attack with be hard to follow to the source. Besides some Muslims would be willing to trade bodies anyway-as long as it was not the bodies of the leaders. There are said to be 1.9 billion Christians, but most of them are nonimal at best and anti at worst. Whereas more Muslims pray 5 times a day now than twenty years ago. Not that praying makes one a good Muslim (or a good anything), but it is a religious act.

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