Posted on 02/03/2011 2:44:40 AM PST by Scanian
Philosopher and historian of science Thomas Kuhn is among the more notable proponents of the view that "facts" are always laden with theoretical presuppositions. This may be an exaggeration, but there is nothing like commentary on Middle Eastern affairs to show that it is not devoid of truth.
Almost everyone on the left, and some on the right, insist that Islamic hostilities toward America stem from America's support of the state of Israel. That is, ultimately, it is the existence of Israel that accounts for why Muslims throughout the Middle East (and elsewhere) hate us. For the leftist, however, Israel is just the latest chapter in a long history of "oppression" that Muslims -- "people of color" -- have experienced for over a millennium.
The conventional wisdom among establishment Republicans is that Islamic aggression toward America is due solely to "the radical Islamists'" contempt for "our freedoms," a disdain born of an ignorance to which "the democratization" of the Islamic world would be an antidote. Within recent days, much of the Republican commentary on Egypt has reflected this bias.
These competing positions on the question of the West's relationship to Islam are as long on ideology as they are short on reality, for they each fail to take seriously the elephant in the room: Islam.
It isn't that they are wrong, necessarily. There can be no question that legions of Muslims resent the existence of Israel -- and the support that the latter receives from the United States. It is also doubtless correct that similar numbers of Muslims despise the cultural and political arrangements of America and the West. But because neither view recognizes the other, what truth each possesses is obscured.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
See tagline.
We are dealing with a totalitarian political system that uses religion as a means of mind control and as a cloak when dealing with the modern West. While there may be moderate Muslims, there is no moderate Islam, based on hundreds of years of history and the plain words of their highest holy men, and the so-called moderate Muslims give Islam plenty of power.
Again, see tagline.
He could have written the article in one sentence: Islam means death to the West.
Communism and Islam have much in common and they are both working, sometimes in concert, to destroy the USA as we know it. As Saul Alinsky said, the issue (Israel in this case) is never the goal. The goal is POWER. Then they can do as they please.
Power is their aim, stealth is their game!
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