# Republican Debate in NH-1/7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 8, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-in-nh-1-7/608788 "2012-01-08T02:33:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-in-nh-1-7/608788/61 "2012-01-13T14:54:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > You are wrong. 😕 Then who **is** an Islamist terror group, if not al-Qaeda? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-in-nh-1-7/608788/62 "2012-01-13T20:07:37Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > So, now you’re equating Islamism to Nazism. And you don’t see anything wrong with that. Wow. I noted in the post itself. I meant Islamism in the sense of advocating some sort of an Islamic theocracy not in Islam the religion in general. The only difference with such theocratic ideology and Nazism is in its extent and influence. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-in-nh-1-7/608788/63 "2012-01-13T20:14:10Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > I noted in the post itself. I meant Islamism in the sense of advocating some sort of an Islamic theocracy not in Islam the religion in general. The only difference with such theocratic ideology and Nazism is in its extent and influence. So if some Imam in Afghanistan starts preaching that there should be a theocracy, what should we do? I don’t think the American public is going to support putting people up against the wall for political speech, even if we disagree with the speech in question. And the current gov’t of Afghanistan, which was more or less put in place by the US is an Islamic Republic. So if our goal is to prevent such things, I think we’re not doing a very good job. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-in-nh-1-7/608788/64 "2012-01-13T22:34:58Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > By victory I mean when the Afghan government can stand on it own enough to make sure Afghanistan is not a safe haven for terrorism. And hopefully we are going to have a few thousand troops there permanently because its convenient to look out for China and Pakistan there. 😕 What is Pakistan or China gonna do if we pull them out? Invade Afghanistan?! Doubtful. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-in-nh-1-7/608788/65 "2012-01-13T23:06:24Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > So if some Imam in Afghanistan starts preaching that there should be a theocracy, what should we do? I don’t think the American public is going to support putting people up against the wall for political speech, even if we disagree with the speech in question. > > And the current gov’t of Afghanistan, which was more or less put in place by the US is an Islamic Republic. So if our goal is to prevent such things, I think we’re not doing a very good job. I mean significant Islamism-not just some random preacher. And I was thinking of fanatical Islamists such as the one in Iran or the Taliban. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-debate-in-nh-1-7/608788.md?page=3)