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| 2005-06-27 |
| Preaching to the choir in RB! What's the Statfor analysis btw? "America's Secret war" book by Friedman? While I agree completely that President Bush has done a poor job of explaining the need for the Iraq War (and I cannot explain why, although the Stratfor analysis may be the correct one), I explained it in the article "It Will Be The End of Liberalism" last October. (Go Here). I can summarize it very quickly. A century from now, maybe a half century from now, the world will either resemble the US - dominated by regimes that protect political freedom, religious freedom, economic freedom, and representative government of some kind - or it will be the Third Caliphate - the Eternal Islamic Reich . The Islamic world is at a cross road - either it will go the way of the radical Jihadis, who are willing to kill anyone to impose their imperialism, or it will go the way of the moderates who wish to live in peace with those of other religions, but are unwilling to engage in terrorism to enforce their agenda. The Islamic world is having its Inquisition, its Crusades, and its Reformation - all at the same time, and it is anybody's guess, which will win out - the Inquisition and the Crusade, or the Reformation. But, since those who are willing to kill indiscriminately always have a tactical advantage over those who do not, guess who is most likely to win this debate? The US is intervening, as it should, in the hope that it can nudge the debate toward moderation and tolerance of multiculturalism and diversity. Toward the Reformation. This effort may or may not succeed. If it does not, it will presage the end of Western Civilization as we know it, the end of classical Liberalism, and Modern Liberalism, since it will signal that America and Western Civilization are unwilling to do whatever it takes to defend its existence against radicalized Islam. And the next century will not belong to America, but to Islam, not a modern, liberal Islam, but a conservative, reactionary Islam, to the Taliban, to Al Qaeda, to the Sharia. And for those who are getting all excited, hysterical indeed, about the Downing Street Memo - you may (or may not) remember that the US has been at war with Iraq since 1991. After the Gulf War there was never a peace treaty, or a surrender. There was a cease-fire contingent on Iraq's compliance with UN Security Council Resolutions, with which Saddam never complied. The US patrolled the "no fly zone" throughout the Clinton administration, and escalated to bombing and missile attacks on Iraqi military targets several times during the Clinton administration. I never heard libs and dems complain about this during the Clinton administration. They only complain when a Republican does it. The hypocrisy reeks. And the intellectual dishonesty stinks If the US began taking out Iraqi military targets in 2002 and early 2003, before the invasion of Iraq - my opinion? Not a moment too soon, in fact, it should have been done ten years sooner. In my opinion, the Saddam Hussein regime should have been terminated in 1991. It didn't happen, so 2003, 2004, 2005, is a helluva lot better than never. Hitler staged his Beer Hall Putsch in, what was it, 1932? - with a few dozen of his buddies who became known as The Brown Shirts. Every revolution starts small. If Hitler had been taken out in 1938 (as Churchill wanted to do) or before, it would have saved the world a World War. Same with Al Qaeda, Saddam, the Islamists, the Jihad, whatever you want to call them - the sooner the better. We can either deal with them before they get nukes, or after they get nukes. Take your pick. About the Writer: Raymond Kraft is a lawyer and writer living and working in Northern California. Raymond receives e-mail at rskraft@vfr.net. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #4 groms trying out for Ambassador. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-06-27 21:32 |
| #3 Yup, the tough old heathen chinee will take no prisoners. They sure are the last best hope for civilzation! Is that why Israel is choosing to to throw her lot in with them? |
| Posted by: docob 2005-06-27 10:02 |
| #2 Of course if muslims win over the "West", they'll have to deal with India and China. Wonder how much time Chinese will spend explaining that they respect RoP, and are only fighting terrorism. |
| Posted by: gromgorru 2005-06-27 09:34 |
| #1 More shit-for-brains ravings. moderation and tolerance of multiculturalism and diversity Yeah, that will solve all the world's ills and get everyone a pony as well. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-06-27 08:53 |