Terrorists are on the rampage in Paris

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I have to say this whole thing makes me very angry, I guess I really, really hate religious extremism. And somehow that they shot over 100 people in a freaking concert is one of the worst aspects. Its also concerning that there could be more of these disgusting religious extremists waiting in other countries to commit simular acts...I mean they don't care if they live or die and want to destroy everything, they can keep their freaking death wish to themselves.

As I said to my dad today, the people who will suffer the most because of this in France, other than the victims themselves and their families of course, are the Muslims who reside there. I mean, you see it as an attack on France, and I can understand it, but day-to-day, Muslims will feel the pain of it much more than non-Muslims will. In a few weeks time, French people will go back to their normal lives, but Muslims will still feel it, the suspicion by their mates, etc.

Kind of reminds me of how I as a Jew felt so bad to hear about Madoff, because I knew people would blame all of us.

Islamist terrorists hurt Muslims so much that it's a shame no one cares about those people. I mean, you can say: "Well, 150+ are dead, more injured, and you want us to worry about innocent people because someone cursed at them?" - but yes, I do. My family has a history of being a minority in Europe, especially a blamed one, so I know what it's like. Forget about the reasons for hatred for a second, and whether it's 1% or 50% or 90% of Jews/Muslims/Whatever that cause the hate. Fact is, there are people who will be persecuted because of this. People who don't look "European" and have Muslim/Arab/Berber/African names might have to be ashamed of themselves, even though they've done nothing wrong.

And you know what? That's what ISIS/Al Qaeda and all those other Islamist groups (and yes, they have their differences) want. That we will blame all Muslims. Because they want all Muslims as one group, supporting them. Don't play the game they're dictating. Don't blame innocent people, don't drive little kids to feel hatred so that they can later be brainwashed by those terrorists when they grow older. That's what they (the terrorists) want. They want you to not accept Muslims, to not let them integrate.

Well f**k them.

And yes, I as an Israeli Jew live in a society that has a phobia of Arabs/Islam myself, and I tell my people the exact same things.

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Omerick, you're right.

Hate and fear feed on themselves. They breed and make little culture wars.

And little culture wars grow up and become the real thing.

Do I believe that terrorists will masquerade as refugees?? Yes. If I were a terrorist, I would do so. It would be a good strategy. It pays twice-- once in violence and death, and once in hate and fear.

If I were a refugee and found every door closed and every hand made into a fist, I would despair. Then I would get angry. Then I don't know what I would do. Radicalization would then be a possibility.

This is a problem that needs to be dealt with. Not painted with hot rhetoric and not pooh-poohed and denied.

How?? I don't know.

I do know that this is the way WWIII grows. We're looking at it.

ISIS wants to make European Muslims many of which are already radicalized have to decide between sticking with their religion or sticking with their country. They said clearly that they were going to smuggle in fighters with these refugees, this will only be the beginning if it is not handled. We need to confront our real enemies, it's not Assad or the Iranians or the Russians but Saudi Arabia and Turkey who are funding and facilitating ISIS. We should use this as an opportunity to work together against a shared enemy, our neoconservative foreign policy and MIC are a cancer in a our country that make us poorer and less safe.

Something I read elsewhere today:
Not all Muslims are ISIS, but all ISIS are Muslims.

France needs to step up it's fight against ISIS... enough is enough... they need to be CRUSHED.....