Some Libertarians argue that Western occupation fans the flames of radical Islam; I agree. But I don't agree that, absent Western occupation, that radical Islam 'goes quietly into that good night.'
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Related I'm a big fan of Rand Paul; he and I are good friends. I don't agree with him on foreign pol... TED CRUZ We who don't want radical Islam to spread must compete with the agents of radical Islam. I want ... AYAAN HIRSI ALI Before there was radical Islam, immigration and terror didn't mix. GREG GUTFELD What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all a... BRAD THOR To Barack Obama and the American Left, the 'imperialist' West is always guilty, and so, radi... TOM TANCREDO I don't agree that everyone should agree with everyone's lifestyle. I think that some people... NICKI MINAJ I've been to Africa three times. All right? You can't bring Western reasoning into the cultu... BILL O'REILLY It's not radical Islam that worries the US -- it's independence NOAM CHOMSKY When you watch the (news) segment, isn't it very clear to you that he's talking about radical Islam?... ANGELL WATTS You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't ... MARC NEWSON Radical Islam, it has grown into a global jihad. JACK KEANE I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be ... DAVID CHIPPERFIELD People don't understand that I have a great relationship with my parents - like, how that can ex... KATY PERRY When Western politicians propose blanket discrimination against Islam, they bolster the terrorists... DAVID PETRAEUS I don't know that I'd agree I was our best player. STEVE YZERMAN I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't kno... CHRIS O'DOWD Within the government, within the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, you have practic... MICHAEL T. FLYNN The struggle against radical Islam should be a joint struggle, and everyone should say, 'There -... MARINE LE PEN When I was writing 'The Satanic Verses,' if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we al... SALMAN RUSHDIE I support this war on terror and the war on radical Islam. DANA ROHRABACHER The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. BRENT SCOWCROFT I don't think I'm a flaming radical. JEANNE PHILLIPS Few remember that Trump was among the first in the country to recognize the danger of radical Islam. ROGER STONE You can't be that or that or that... but you can try to behave as that... So, what next!?... DEYTH BANGER The Obama administration has turned a blind eye to radical Islam since before they came to office. I... OLIVER NORTH Radical Islam has been the foe of Christendom for centuries. TOM TANCREDO I just feel that I don't agree with sensationalized versions of history or me. Any version that&... BERNADINE DOHRN For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn't the art of phot... 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STANLEY HAUERWAS Many people in Europe and the U.S. dispute the thesis that we are living through a clash of civilisa... AYAAN HIRSI ALI I think any actor would agree that you can't replace theater. It's immediate. You have the e... AUSTIN PECK I don't think I can sell to our voters in our district that there's nothing to cut in the fe... RALPH NORMAN There are many nice, peaceful Muslims, but the Netherlands is far too tolerant regarding the stateme... ELS BORST I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know wha... DOLLY PARTON I'm just hoping that people understand that Islam is peace and not violence. MUHAMMAD ALI The Arab Spring, nobody's in the streets demonstrating for radical Islam; they're in the str... JACK KEANE I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint... AUNG SAN SUU KYI I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The n... MANUEL PUIG Country and western is the music of the devil. That's the real truth of the matter. My late Moth... RICK WAKEMAN Lawyers don't serve everyone... Lawyers right now can say, 'I'm not the person to help y... BILL HASLAM It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON Army life don't agree with me. EDDIE SLOVIK The way I see it: Why get out of bed when you can read about people who got out of bed? -ERIC FOREMAN THAT 70'S SHOW The West is in for a long, irregular confrontation - not with terrorism, which is simply a tactic, b... RAND PAUL I'm a good Muslim and I'm only interested in Islam. IDI AMIN To try to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy is absolutely crazy. Islam has no understanding of the ... STANLEY HAUERWAS The thing that 'Glee' has successfully done that no other TV show has is that they're ju... SAMUEL LARSEN I'm into clothes, but in a way that's related to wanting to walk into a film noir movie. You... MAUREEN DOWD This radical Islam is a religious-based ideology. And you actually have to, when you deal with the i... JACK KEANE I don't agree with registering people based on ethnicity or religion. JOHN F. KELLY I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, ... DAMIEN HIRST I'm concerned that Islam has not just been politicised but that it's becoming an identity. T... LEILA ABOULELA Who am I? I am that. Nothing can change that. Words, intellect and concepts can never reach that. It... AMIT RAY I believe that sex is good and so is the body. PAT BUCKLEY In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robo... CYNTHIA BREAZEAL If you agree to do a sex scene, you have to be willing to not be awkward about it. C'mon! I don&... AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON Indigenous people have discovered that Christianity is not inherently Western but universal - 't... NANCY PEARCEY The appropriateness of the design has been questioned by many people because of the crescent's promi... TOM TANCREDO My view on working with any government in the world is that there are things that you will agree upo... TIM COOK I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him. P. J. O'ROURKE What I would say to young entrepreneurs is there's so many moments in your life where you have t... HOWARD SCHULTZ I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good. BILL WALTON While I have always thought that the motivation for looking for E.T. was both self-evident and paten... SETH SHOSTAK Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an im... YITZHAK RABIN I've been approached after shows from people who said, 'I don't agree with anything you ... HARI KONDABOLU As a Western, 'The Magnificent Seven' was a pretty good film. I don't think it was as in... GEORGE LUCAS Eating at home is fine, as I can easily work around the foods that don't agree with me and still... ANDREA MCLEAN I don't want to own something that you can't take into your apartment at night. EDWARD P. JONES You have to understand: the narrative that people have about business and capitalism is that they ar... JOHN MACKEY I don't believe - till something radical changes that we are not on track to do - that hybrids a... VINOD KHOSLA When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live... LATOYA JACKSON It is the first time that we see that a Western woman, a Belgian, marrying a radical Muslim, and is ... GLENN AUDENAERT Western films don't do very well in India. BAZ LUHRMANN
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