[attiladhun2]

Samuel P. Huntington calls the current clash of Islam and the West a "clash of civilizations." I say it is not so much a clash of civilizations as one of civilization vs. Bedouin-barbarism. (Islam is actually the anti-civilization since it has contributed little to the greater civilization of humanity but rather plunders from civilizations and when the plunder runs out "Islamic civilization" declines and then disappears).

[dk/coro]

I won't split hairs over this one. SJH was addressing the issue in much broader terms than Bernard Lewis, Dan Pipes, Gaddis, Johnson, etc, who narrowed the debate -- especially after 9/11 into the clearly defined challenge Islam poses to "Christendom" (Western Democracy).

All of the above pragmatists certainly, as a group" clearly argued the tribal aspects of man's cultural affinity vis-a-vis the Fukuyama globalists, who falsely, in my opinion, placed their bets on man's inherent sociability and desire for global harmony.

Tommyrot, of course. I am surprised that Bush would let Fukuyama and his cohorts in the front door of the Executive Mansion -- much less, listen to their utopian blather. Pie in the sky One Worlders, to a man.

Clinton, Albricht, Holbrooke, Talbot, Soros, Gergen all fall into that camp. Dangerous policy; very dangerous to the very survival of the Republic, IMO. And, please note that not one of the above ever donned a uniform in service to their country.

Have a great summer. /dkp