DAILY STAR (which is an Arab publication; via RCP):
I hope the polling data is accurate, and that we have the patience and resoluteness to see this transformation through to the end. (We mustn't bail out on this part of our strategy in the GWOT, nor should we bet the house on it, either.) Because it will take time, as in DECADES, like the Cold War. This struggle is at least as important, too: We need to liberate all our brothers and sisters everywhere from the archaic ideologies and vestigial tyrannies which prevent them from achieving their innate universal human rights. That's what "neocons" FDR and JFK believed; it's still just, right and true.
NOTE: Pastorius is growing more restless - with good reason; SEE THE NEXT POST. I'm arguing for more patience, but I am not arguing that we must rely solely on this part of our strategy. We can and should do more to foment more rapid change in the region:
[According to Zogby polling in several Arab nations]: An Arab middle class with global values was emerging, and Arab populations seemed to be moving toward greater identification with their individual countries, rather than primarily expressing wider pan-Arab or pan-Islamic sentiments. ... one reason for this change was "disappointment and disillusionment with the results of pan-Arab policies and attitudes, ...Another reason is obviously Bush's forward-leaning pro-democracy/human rights policies.
I hope the polling data is accurate, and that we have the patience and resoluteness to see this transformation through to the end. (We mustn't bail out on this part of our strategy in the GWOT, nor should we bet the house on it, either.) Because it will take time, as in DECADES, like the Cold War. This struggle is at least as important, too: We need to liberate all our brothers and sisters everywhere from the archaic ideologies and vestigial tyrannies which prevent them from achieving their innate universal human rights. That's what "neocons" FDR and JFK believed; it's still just, right and true.
NOTE: Pastorius is growing more restless - with good reason; SEE THE NEXT POST. I'm arguing for more patience, but I am not arguing that we must rely solely on this part of our strategy. We can and should do more to foment more rapid change in the region:
Like demanding an end to all legal misogyny in the region, and an end to polygamy and endogamy.These archaic inhumane practices are the foundational breeding ground for the enemy's capability for constant hostility and unspeakable cruelty to anyone they consider an infidel. When the most of the enemy's families are based on free choice, love, and respect for women, then they will raise children who love life as much as we do. And then, they will hate terror as much as we do, too.
Let me be clear, the fact that I say there are no moderate Muslim organizations is not to say there is no possibility of change. It's up to regular human beings who are Muslim to make the change and redefine Islam in the eyes of the rest of the world.
ReplyDeleteBut, it has to be done in deed, not words.
in this regard i think you are absolutely correct.
ReplyDeletethe NEW miss world - a czech lie vaclav havel - is on my side: "She likes tennis and horse riding and her personal motto is "Always be an optimist."
ReplyDeleteseriously: your hamas pint is not entirely accurate: hamas won, but since they are an armed terrorist gropuop which intimdates voters/voting the lkection is not really valid/accurate.
hamas should NOT have been allowen on the abblot, not anymore than the IRA be allowed on a ballot in Irelandm, or ETA allowed tro run in Spain.
allowing them on the ballot was a HUGE error on the opart of Bush/Rice and SHARON.
i agree that clarityy is good, and that people must reap what they sow.
and i am glad that the worlsd has largely rejected the palistanis since they voted for hamas.
this clarity aided israel - in this sense it was wise of sharon.
but my BIG POINT is this: democratization cannot tolerate the intolerant.
just as we wouldn;t allow the KKK to run candidates the USA jihadoterrorists shjoudl NOT beb allowed to run either.
moqi alSadr's party should have been banned, too.
anyhow, my larger point is that democratoization is just ONE of SEVERAL stratgies/tactics, which does include WAR and should include DE-MISOGYNIZATION.
and: the West should shun nations which tolerate jihadoterror and misogyny - democratic or not.
democratzation is good in and of itself. democracy is the only way a government can be formed through mutal consent of the sovereign - for the PEOPLE are sovereign. a govt derives it's power from the people.
all people everywhere deserve to live under a system of mutual consent - it is a basic human right.
and only a nation with a democratic government can be said to be truly self-determined. therefore, only democracies deserve our respect, only nations which are democratic deserve our respect. all other governments deserve our disdain and ire.
in conclusion: democacy is a fundamental human right. it must be supported for all people everywhere. it is NOT a panacea; it is part of a wide-ranging strategy to bring the tyrannized peoples of the world their universal human rights. democracy demands tolerance of the mioneoryt inorder to succeed. as democracie mature they learn this.
and the emerging democracies in afghanistan abd iraq will learn this, just as the eastern weuropean nations are learning this.
imho.
ALL THE BEST!