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Very interesting and analytical article--thanks for Pinging me on it !
I agree that more realistic approach needed in fighting the Global Jihad. The idea that democratic institutions, like free elections, will make the Islamic World civilized clearly unworkable. The elections of Hamas in "Palestinian Autonomy" and the electoral victory of Islamists in Algeria in 1992 (that was cancelled by Algerian military and followed by bloody civil war) are the perfect examples. Islamists are simply exploiting democratic institutions to gain power, so definitely the other approach is needed in dealing with Islamic world.