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[lostincalifornia]

40. Perhaps, but I can look at India, China, along with the western allies and others that are not

Muslim, and argue that their invasions or persecutions of groups that did not fit the "norm" of that society were of as equal or more scale as what he argues is a greater magnitude among Islam than others, and I say that is not accurate.

What was Viet Nam for? Spread of communism, domino effect perhaps, but in the end our involvement was based on a lie as was the invasion of Iraq. And while those conflicts may not have been visualized as religious in nature it represented a "colonial" mentality that I would argue is close to a religious "right" for those invasions

For my Hitler justification I was talking about his policy internally against Jews, Gypsies, Gays, and other "special" groups before he ventured outside his borders. From that perspective it was religious against his own citizens who were judged to be "flawed".