Wednesday, March 01, 2006
THE MUCH BALLY-HOOED MANIFESTO AGAINST ISLAMIC TOTALITARIANISM
Many blogs have linked to this manifesto signed by Rushdie and Manji and Hirsi and others. (More here and here and here and here.)
It's swell that these famous Left-leaning intellectuals have taken a universalist/non-relativist stand on human rights, but the REAL issue is: What are they willing to do about it?!
Are they willing to support a proactive, bold, aggressive counter-attack - including sanctions, blockades and even preemptive military strikes?
Will they urge their own nations to do more to help the USA and the UK and the other coalition members assist the emerging Iraqi democracy?
Will they support an end to immigration without assimiliation? Will they support the deportation of radical Muslims who incite violence? Will they demand that nations which don't allow its citizens the universal human rights outlined in the UN Declaration be demoted to "observer status" at the UN?
Will they at least criticize their comrades on the Left who - at best - have been skeptical of Bush, and at worst accused him of being a lying, torturing war criminal who went to war for oil/Halliburton/family revenge?
Or do they just want to sign petitions and send strongly worded, high-minded letters?
I suspect it's the latter, and we don't need them for that - we already got Blix and Baradei and Kofi for that!
I pray they prove me wrong, and that this represents the beginning of a more unified West. If that's the case, we will be more likely to have the resolve necessary to defeat the enemy in this - THE LONG WAR.
It's swell that these famous Left-leaning intellectuals have taken a universalist/non-relativist stand on human rights, but the REAL issue is: What are they willing to do about it?!
Are they willing to support a proactive, bold, aggressive counter-attack - including sanctions, blockades and even preemptive military strikes?
Will they urge their own nations to do more to help the USA and the UK and the other coalition members assist the emerging Iraqi democracy?
Will they support an end to immigration without assimiliation? Will they support the deportation of radical Muslims who incite violence? Will they demand that nations which don't allow its citizens the universal human rights outlined in the UN Declaration be demoted to "observer status" at the UN?
Will they at least criticize their comrades on the Left who - at best - have been skeptical of Bush, and at worst accused him of being a lying, torturing war criminal who went to war for oil/Halliburton/family revenge?
Or do they just want to sign petitions and send strongly worded, high-minded letters?
I suspect it's the latter, and we don't need them for that - we already got Blix and Baradei and Kofi for that!
I pray they prove me wrong, and that this represents the beginning of a more unified West. If that's the case, we will be more likely to have the resolve necessary to defeat the enemy in this - THE LONG WAR.
BLOGROLL US!
