Important article.
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Related thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390055/posts
America's next cultural export to sweep the world: McIslam!
Duh. Of course, the government had to make reassuring noises to Islam, whatever it really believed. To go after Muslims in general would be hugely stupid and counter-productive.
Let's not forget that there are people who have been trying to change Christianity for thousands of years, and it's still a strong and viable institution. What's more likely is that the dollars used to counter radical Islam will be used against the West, and the institutions built with those dollars will be converted to anti-American pro-Islamic sites.
To promote Islam contravenes the First Amendment ("Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion") and one constitutional expert, Herman Schwartz, deems the sponsorship of Islamic institutions to be "probably unconstitutional."
This phrase is what will draw anti-religious organizations into the fray, especially the anti-American ACLU. Although this section of the Constitution refers to the US no doubt ACLU lawyers will ask (and probably get) the High Court to broaden its reach to include the Middle East as well. Religion is religion and fighting religion is what the ACLU, among other anti-religious groups, does - even if it's part of a war effort. That the myopia of these groups may lead to suicide for them, and death for others, seems to be irrelevant.
American dollars would be better spent containing the disease we call "radical Islam" to the Middle East, and finding a way to abandon reliance on the Saudi's oil. What's needed is an "ideological fence" around the Middle East that will contain radical Islamics, and permit only a small amount of muslims to pass through that "fence" on a guarded and limited basis.
A must-read piece.
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