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To: 68skylark

Thanks, I thought he was being uncharacteristically optimistic on this point. Yes, do send links.


17 posted on 01/17/2006 12:53:39 PM PST by livius
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To: livius
I think Wretchard's best piece on this topic is The Three Conjectures.

He argues that if radical Muslims have nuclear weapons, the situation will be far different from the cold war. He argues that if Islamic terrorists get nukes, it will be the end of Islam -- either at our hands, or (more likely) from their own errors and internal nuclear warfare.

It is supremely ironic that the survival of the Islamic world should hinge on an American victory in the War on Terror, the last chance to prevent that terrible day in which all the decisions will have already been made for us.

19 posted on 01/17/2006 2:12:41 PM PST by 68skylark
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To: livius
The Three Conjectures is really powerful, and I think the second conjecture speaks to exactly the point you raised.

If you like this article, I can also recommend Postscript to the Three Conjectures.

Now it is Islam coming face to face with a challenge of how to handle the true divine fire. And the real dilemma is that the power behind the light of the stars is incompatible with the framework bequeathed by Mohammed. It may be the turn of the Faithful to die by Islam's own hand unless it can listen to the word that speaks from the very heart of the flame.

20 posted on 01/17/2006 2:20:48 PM PST by 68skylark
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