The reason why the silent majority does nothing is because the 1% radical are willing to kill - anyone - to maintain their beliefs.
They intimidate the majority by setting examples: beheading those who speak out against them or severely torturing them.
It would take the unified efforts of the silent majority to destroy the 1% radical element, but they won't because they know they mean business, are easily motivated by fear and/or not willing to make the sacrifices.
On top of that, the radical elements would just grow new heads and new members.
I do see Mike's point, though.
The problem though, is that the silent majority has no power, no government backing...like the silent majority in Iraq have the U.S. forces to train their police force and fight off foreign insurgents.
From what I gather from press releases and maybe a few accounts, the silent majority have the U.S. forces as backing in Iraq as evidence in the Marines who do joint operations with them and the Green Berets who trained them.
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Last edited by Tom Yum; 03-01-2007 at 02:30 PM.
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