Did it ever occur to you two Islamic witch-hunters that a moderate Muslim JUST MIGHT be first in line to express a VERY DIM VIEW of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism?
We, in the West, have wondered aloud for 5 years, "Where is the voice of the Muslim moderate?" The answer has been that they are almost all scared into silence by the presence of vehement radicals among them -- even in the heartland of the United States.
Now, in Thailand, in the person of General Sondhi, we see a moderate Muslim with a 99% Buddhist army behind him, who has the advacacy of the great perponderance of the people and his King, who has little to fear, the name of his God to redeem, the reputation of his fellow religionists to clear, and the militray power to shoot off more than his mouth.
Here, at long last, is perhaps THE ONE moderate Muslim in all the Earth who can stand up, tell the Islamofascist radicals to stuff it or else and make the threat stick; utlizing the military powers under his command to provide as many poignant examples of "or else" as may become necessary. He is in THE PRIME position to tell Muslim extremists exactly where they WILL go, exactly how they WILL go there, and exactly when they WILL go.
On the face of it, I must admit that this didn't look good, but seeing the religious blend of the country over which this General has EARNED (not TAKEN) control, and seeing as this is the culmination of his long and venerable personal history in Thailand, I'm FAR more inclined to believe that his future talks with Muslim agitators in the South will be markedly one-sided and that much of the content will begin with phrases like "You will...", and "You will not..."
With all of that clearly in view, postings continually reemphasizing "But he's MUSLIM!" devolve, in every aspect, to the level of leftist Americans crying "Halliburton!"
Thank you for saying in one post what I have been trying to say in the past day.
He has the Blessings of the King,,Good nuff' for me.
Islam and Halliburton as co-equal boogeymen. Interesting equivocation.