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Diane West: Do It My Way, President Bush
The Washington Times' columnist says we should abandon the Middle East Democratic Initiative and make war on Shariah aggressors. Actually, democraticization worked in Central America. But it mixes like oil to water with Islam. By the way, why does West need to put words in the President's mouth? As Joe Pyne used to say: that's unsanitary. ...With their devotion to Islamic tradition, then, these new democracies have, in effect, peacefully voted themselves into the same doctrinal camp as the many terror groups that violently strike at the non-Muslim world in the name of jihad for the sake of a caliphate -- a Muslim world government ruled according to Shariah. So be it. What I mean by that is, it is neither in the national interest nor in the national will for the United States of America to attempt to reshape such a culture to conform to our notions of liberty and justice for all. It is neither in the national interest nor in the national will to attempt to reform the belief system that animates this culture to conform to our notions of freedom of worship. It is, however, in our national interest, and must become a part of our national will, to ensure that Islamic law does not come to our own shores, whether by means of violent jihad terrorism as practiced by the likes of al Qaeda or Hezbollah, or through peaceful patterns of migration, such as those that have already Islamized large parts of Europe. The shift I am describing-from a pro-democracy offensive to an anti-Shariah defensive -- means a national course correction. Rather than continuing to emphasize the democratization of the Muslim Middle East as our key tool in the war on terror, I will henceforth emphasize the prevention of Shariah from reaching the West as our key tool in the war on terror. Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-18 |
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