Welcome to ET, although I see you've been here for a while. The ignorance here is absolutely bottomless. Also willful, considering the Internet would easily allow these people to see, with just a few mouse clicks, how amazingly off base they are. But you can't fix willful ignorance. You're going to drive yourself crazy trying. Trust me.
Your argument can only work on those who don't know any better. <img src=http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=792757> Nice try though.
Doesn't matter if those numbers like Osama, or not, will they act is the question. There are something like 1.6 BILLION muslims in the world. In that context I think it's vastly reasonable to say that a very small percentage are violent. Otherwise, the world would be vastly different today. Not to say that muslims are not dangerous. Around here many muslims are close to killing people on the roadways, rushing their kids to soccer practice in their minivans, just like everyone else.
Pew Research. http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1338/declining-muslim-support-for-bin-laden-suicide-bombing The latest numbers from them aren't as bad as a few years ago, but support for Bin Laden's terrorism is still anything but confined to a 'handful a rare extremists'. <img src=http://pewresearch.org/assets/publications/1338-2.gif>
the Pew Global Attitudes Project finds that support for Osama bin Laden has declined considerably among Muslim publics in recent years. Moreover, majorities or pluralities among eight of the nine Muslim publics surveyed this year say that suicide bombing and other forms of violence against civilians can never be justified to defend Islam Nice try. go read the analysis everybody. draw conclusions for yourself.
Just because someone has "Confidence in Osama Bin Laden to do the right thing regarding world affairs", doesn't mean that person would in any way support terrorism, right? Is that the argument you're trying to sell now? Good luck with that.