Trump's Not So New Afghanistan Strategy; Islamic Jihad Ignored Again

     It is irrelevant whether or not Trump announces the number of troops that he will send into Afghanistan or if he does or does not reveal timetables for withdrawal. Thinking that this is a new policy or direction reveals the lack of a new policy and direction. Regarding Pakistan providing sanctuaries for terrorists, this needs to be addressed but this is not the source of the problem.
      Everyday millions of children throughout the world receive a hardcore Islamic education, courtesy of the oil rich Islamic nations of the world - Iran on the Shia side, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and others on the Sunni side- that teach Islamic supremacy, disdain and hate for non Muslims and  "disbelievers", and the virtues of war, violent jihad and terrorism.
        Millions of brainwashed children taught hatred, intolerance, bigotry and violence do not bode well for the future. This brainwashing is taking place all over the world, including in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Gaza, West Bank, South Philippines, South Thailand, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Europe, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Egypt, North Africa and elsewhere.
         While political, academic and other elites shy away from any criticism of Islam, the sources of violent jihad, intolerance and hate can be found in the Quran itself. There are passages in the Quran that if followed can lead to tolerance and peace. But there are passages in the Quran that can lead to war, terror, bigotry and hate. Denying that this duality exists may be politically correct, but it is delusional and destructive.
          What makes everything worse is that oil rich Islamic nations have ensured that the most violent passages of the Quran are followed, and that the most rigid, intolerant interpretations of Islam dominate. Diversity and tolerance within the Islamic world is increasingly being crushed and diminished, as nation after nation, people after people, are affected by the oil rich Islamic nations spread of intolerance, hate and violence.
           Many Afghan children cross into Pakistan every year to become more brainwashed sheep indoctrinated by one of the thousands of Saudi and other oil rich nation sponsored schools or madrassas. The average Pakistani and Afghan child receives a Saudi sponsored Islamic education that prepares that child for a life of violence, intolerance, and fanatical observance to the most rigid forms of Islam.
            This indoctrination and brainwashing of children ensures generations more of war in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Gaza, Europe, Kashmir, South Philippines, South Thailand, Somalia, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria,  Syria, and so many other places.
            When WW2 was over, and Europe laid in ruins, with over 50 million dead, nazi ideology was not allowed to continue in any way, shape or form in Germany.
             Islam can be a religion of peace, goodwill and tolerance, or it can be a religion of war, hate, bigotry and violent jihad. Pretending that this duality does not exist is suicidal. Pretending that a number of Islamic nations are not promoting intolerance, hate and jihad is suicidal. The religious basis that fuels Islamic jihadists the world over needs to be confronted. The nations that are sponsoring the brainwashing of children and that are producing the next generation of Islamic jihadists must not be ignored anymore.
             Children must not be turned into brainwashed canon fodder for Islamic jihadists. Not unless people want to fight bloody wars without end in Afghanistan and elsewhere