[Balata]

Speaking at the American Enterprise Institute not long ago, former Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned that "Islamic militants have irrational goals, the conquest of the world, and the taming of mankind to rules that are against human nature." Communists, he noted, had similar goals but pursued them "rationally." The Muslims, however, "may very well choose destruction. And this pathological streak is what makes militant Islam so dangerous. We are faced with enemies that, if they acquire weapons of mass death, will use them. Be absolutely confident of that."

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Communists, he noted, had similar goals but pursued them "rationally."
The Muslims, however, "may very well choose destruction.
And this pathological streak is what makes militant Islam so dangerous.

No wonder I like Netanyahu.
In my own inexpert way, he's saying what I've thought since 9-11.
The USA actually lucked out to have the USSR/Russia as it's main opponent in the Cold War.
My naive guess is that the last vestiges of Orthodox Christianity that the Soviets
failed to squelch may well have stayed their hands from pushing the button and
starting Nuclear Armegeddon.

I don't sense the same sort of reticence in militant Isalm.