..which has little to do with military peace coalitions on earth at this time...

What don't you appreciate?  That Christians can be characterized or Islamists?

Yes, in fact Christians are denegrated daily.  Far more Churches are burnt in this country than Mosques, even accounting for the differences in numbers.  Yes, it makes me angry.

But the problems with radical Islam are real.  They really are trying to kill us.  What should we do?  Stick flowers in their suicide vests.  Will that convince them not to detonate?

Christians are called to love.  Most fail.  We are called to repent and try again.  There is no command to kill in the New Testament.  The commands to kill in the Old Testament were for a specific time and place, for conquering the promised land and only applied to the children of Israel.  Even the Old Testament calls for mercy.

Do I believe Christians are better than Moslems?  No.  Do I believe Christianity is better than Islam.  Absolutely.

But that does not mean that I hate or even dislike someone for being Moslem.  But I don't have to like someone who is trying to kill my children or is approving of such an act.

" ...islamo-fasciasts are a microscopic portion of the world - just like the David Koresh's - and they are not true followers of Mohammed -"

 from here -

If the majority of Muslims were violent, that would not prove that Islam is a religion of violence. The vast majority of those who claim to be “Christian” are practicing a corrupted form of the Christian faith. So the validity of any religion is determined ultimately not by the imperfect, inaccurate practice of the religion by even a majority of its adherents, but by the official authority or standard upon which it is based, i.e., its Scriptures. The present discussion in the world regarding whether or not jihad includes physical force in the advancement of Islam is ultimately irrelevant (cf. Nasr, 2002, pp. 256-266). The Quran unquestionably endorses violence, war, and armed conflict. No wonder a substantial number of Muslims manifest a maniacal, reckless abandon in their willingness to die by sacrificing their lives in order to kill as many “infidels” (especially Israelis and Americans) as possible.

They have read the following:“Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks.... And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He rendereth not their actions vain. He will guide them and improve their state, and bring them in unto the Garden [Paradise—DM] which He hath made known to them (Surah 47:4-6, emp. added).”

Even if the vast majority of Muslims in the world reject violence and refrain from terrorist activity (which would appear to be the case), it is still a fact that the Quran (as well as the example of Muhammad himself) endorses the advancement of Islam through physical force. …Hence, the Muslim is forced to maintain the self-contradictory position that, yes, there have been times that Islam has been properly violent and, yes, the Quran does endorse violence, but, no, most Muslims are not violent, and then only in self-defense. As reprehensible and cowardly as Islamic terrorists have shown themselves to be in recent years, an honest reading of the Quran leads one to believe that they, at least, are more consistent with, and true to, their own Scriptures—as revolting an idea as that may be.

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and of course the Christians just busted in Israel:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6987848.stm

Christianity - my religion of hate

So true.  and sad.  Yes Hitler was a great manipulator and yes the entire world turned a blind eye to what he was really about and that includes many religious leaders.  And he may have even believed he was a Christian.  But as I said, the Bible does not allow for the things that Hitler did, they are abominable sins.

Hitler was a meglomaniac who believed God approved of him whereas the Bible teaches that no man, of himself, is approved by God.  It is only the righteousness of Jesus that allows us to enter his presence.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/06/africa/ME_GEN_Iraq_Mideast_View.php

Moderate Muslims do exist.  They aren't "coming out of the woodwork" to help us because they are oppressed within their own power structure.  Yes, Iran and Syria are terrible state sponsors of terror, but not ALL of their citizens willingly support their government... they HAVE to support their government for fear of having their tongues cut out.

Radical Islam is just another of the so-historically-common cases of political leaders subverting theological "absolutes" to seize power, and then justify that seizure in the same breath.

I know personally plenty of Muslims here in the U.S. that outright reject the preachings of violence.... but they don't plan on carrying that message to the middle east anytime soon to become a victim of it either.