Liberal Myths about Radical Islam [Interesting Read]

Townhall.com ^ | March 26, 2007 | Dinesh D'Souza

[PerConPat]

correction: Islamic cultures that have striven to maintain a status quo mired in the Middle Ages fell behind and chose to blame others for the troubles brought about by a failure to embrace modernity.

[Sicon]

I despise their culture and religion and look forward to their ultimate defeat

I'll second that! All cultures and religions are NOT equal, despite the bleatings, wailing, and gnashing of teeth amongst the libs.

[colorado tanker]

Actually, most of these things do bother Muslims, but I think Dinesh has a point that they are not the root cause of the instability in the region or the prevalence of fascism there.

IMHO, the underlying cause is the culmination of centuries of decline of the Muslim world versus the West, beginning in the 18th Century and continuing to the Turkish defeat in WWI and later carving up of most of the Middle East into British and French colonies. Fascist groups, some emphasizing Islam, others more secular, formed to resist colonization and to fill the power vacuum left by the Turkish retreat. The Arabs hadn't governed themselves for four centuries by this time.

This is why OBL dreams of reestablishing the Caliphate, which symbolizes this decline. The Turks took the title of Caliph, head both of the faith and government, from the Arabs and then the last Turkish Caliph was deposed after WWI. There hasn't been a Caliph since.

The solution, IMHO, is not just to fight the islamo-fascists, but even more important is to get the Arab world plugged into the global community and economy so they will feel part of the modern world and not estranged from it.

[PerConPat]

The solution, IMHO, is not just to fight the islamo-fascists, but even more important is to get the Arab world plugged into the global community and economy so they will feel part of the modern world and not estranged from it.

I agree. It is also absolutely essential that the entire Muslim world understand that terrorist acts undertaken in the name of Allah will result in massive and unrelenting retaliation. The Left is doing the Muslim cause a grave disservice by sending the message that this might not be the case.

[colorado tanker]

The American left has added years to this struggle by encouraging our enemies to think we're getting tired of it already. The European left seems intent on committing suicide.

[Louis Foxwell]

Muslim thinking about the Crusades is based on Democrat liberal fantasies about the Crusades. Keep in mind that these are the same Muslims who kill in the name of cartoons.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Yes, but that's because they actually take the cartoons seriously!

[ReignOfError]

OBL consistently refers to Westerners as "Crusaders." He has many deficiencies, but his ability to speak to fellow Muslims in terms that resonate is not one of them. I'm not saying that most, or even many, Muslims sit around and mull over the Crusades all day; Americans don't spend all day every day contemplating 9/11. After all, folks of any faith spend most of their day with jobs to do, families to raise, other things to deal with. But if Osama uses that language, it must have some currency, because while he might be evil, he ain't stupid.

[texson66]

mudslime = a sore ass loser who's pissed that anybody (even a 1000 years ago) dared to stand up their death cult "religion". FUCK THEM !