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    Quote Originally Posted by Julio3000 View Post
    Worldwide, maybe not, but that's apples and oranges when comparing the threat inside our borders. I'm just commenting on the propensity to discount homegrown ethno-nationalist/"patriot" terrorists, when the evidence suggests that it's a legitimate concern. Remember what the largest pre-9/11/01 terrorist attack in the US was.
    Maybe? Really?

    I'm not trying to diminish what happened. There needs to be attention paid by DHS but in totality that attention should be minimal compared to Islamic terrorism. We have been lucky to not have more attacks here. It's just luck though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Maybe? Really?

    I'm not trying to diminish what happened. There needs to be attention paid by DHS but in totality that attention should be minimal compared to Islamic terrorism. We have been lucky to not have more attacks here. It's just luck though.
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    For the most part terrorism is indefensible. Whether or not we get attacked is primarily a matter of luck

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Do these lunatics have standing armies?
    Plenty of US-based "militia" groups and para-military "clubs" espouse these types of views. I guess it's likewise pure luck that some of those haven't (yet) mounted competent attacks over the past couple decades.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    Plenty of US-based "militia" groups and para-military "clubs" espouse these types of views. I guess it's likewise pure luck that some of those haven't (yet) mounted competent attacks over the past couple decades.
    So what you are saying is these groups are comparable to ISIS/AL Quadea/Boko Haram?

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    So what you are saying is these groups are comparable to ISIS/AL Quadea/Boko Haram?
    I'm sure he isn't, but I'm sure as hell content to say that they pose roughly the same danger to Americans domestically as those groups.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    So what you are saying is these groups are comparable to ISIS/AL Quadea/Boko Haram?
    They're not the same, but they're not so different, either. Regardless, all are para-military groups—distinct in size and coherence, sure, and with differing Abrahamic religious dogmas undergirding their ultraconservative political missions—but none really have "standing armies".

    Are you troubled by the preaching of radical forms of Islam in association with actual standing armies? Maybe attend your gaze to Saudi Arabia, the birthplace and chief progenitor/funder of the ideologically hyper-strict, sharia-cleaving, violently puritanical strain of Islam that is philosophically foundational to each of the groups you mention; and which, by the way, spends more than a full tenth of its GDP on its military (with plenty of US aid), and is currently bombing the life out of Yemen (with plenty of US cover).
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    It's a disgrace how buddy buddy we are with Saudi Arabia. If you don't have a free society then we should not have any associations. It's a complete joke IMO.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    It's a disgrace how buddy buddy we are with Saudi Arabia. If you don't have a free society then we should not have any associations. It's a complete joke IMO.
    I assume you feel the same way about Israel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    For the most part terrorism is indefensible. Whether or not we get attacked is primarily a matter of luck

    We blow up 100,000 times more **** in Muslim countries than they do to us. If your just a Muslim being vocal about hating America for bombing the **** out of your country then you might make the next drone strike list. You think your scared of Islamic terroists blowing you up, imagine being in Iraq and hearing or seeing a US drone. Thats real terror. We are trying to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it and wondering why the fire keeps getting bigger.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunrevenge View Post
    We blow up 100,000 times more **** in Muslim countries than they do to us. If your just a Muslim being vocal about hating America for bombing the **** out of your country then you might make the next drone strike list. You think your scared of Islamic terroists blowing you up, imagine being in Iraq and hearing or seeing a US drone. Thats real terror. We are trying to put out a fire by pouring gasoline on it and wondering why the fire keeps getting bigger.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    I assume you feel the same way about Israel.
    Please explain how Israel is like Saudi Arabia
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