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Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah

Look man, we're just trying to point out something that perhaps you're unaware of.

It really has less to do with religion or ethnicity or anything else, and more to do with politics and power. Its about pandering to your constituency and their emotions, because the vast majority of sales in this world are made based on emotion.

Cars, houses, clothes, cosmetics, and .... votes.

Yes, there are many leaders in the Muslim world who use such cheap tactics in order to gain popularity. Ahmadinejad talks sh*t all the time about whupping America's @$$ if she ever decided to pay a visit. The leaders of Palestinian groups do it all the time, against Israel. Syria does it. Iraq used to do it. Pakistani politicians do it.

Its very common.

And there is always the chorus of people who put distance between the people and the leaders. It'd been pointed out repeatedly that the general sentiment of the Iranian people towards the West don't really match up to Ahmedinejad's rhetoric. The Palestinians are tiny population whose every issue revolves around their stateless situation in relation to Israel. Saying that, in general, Muslims need to see their leaders persecute non-Muslims to justify their leadership is offensive, and is an often debated issue here amongst Islamophobes and Islamicans.

Likewise it's offensive to assert that Americans in general require their potential leaders attack Muslims and persecute 'brown people' to be considered viable candidates. That's an assertion about the American people that is absolutely offensive.