Rhino and I debated the futility/merits of the democratization of the Middle East last week ad nauseum, so Im going to let my main man PJB take it from here...
"Abroad, our nation is committed to a historic long-term goal. We seek the end of tyranny in our world," said Bush. "Some dismiss that goal as misguided idealism. In reality, the future security of America depends upon it."
Intending no disrespect, this is noble-sounding nonsense. Our security rests on U.S. power and will, and not on whether Zimbabwe, Sudan, Syria, Cuba or even China is ruled by tyrants. Our forefathers lived secure in a world of tyrannies by staying out of wars that were none of America's business. As for "the end of tyranny in our world," Mr. President, sorry, that doesn't come in "our world." That comes in the next.
"By allowing radical Islam to work its will, by leaving an assaulted world to fend for itself, we would signal to all that we no longer believe in our own ideals or even in our own courage," said Bush.
But what has done more to radicalize Islam than our invasion of Iraq? Who has done more to empower Islamic radicals than Bush with his clamor for elections across a region radicalized by our own policies? It is one thing to believe in ideals, another to be the prisoner of some democratist ideology.
Bush has come to believe that the absence of democracy is the cause of terror and democracy its cure. But the cause of terror in the Middle East is the perception there that those nations are held in colonial captivity by Americans and their puppet regimes, and that the only way to expel both is to use tactics that have succeeded from Algeria in 1962 to Anbar province in 2005.
Given the franchise, Arab and Islamic peoples from Pakistan to Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank and Egypt have now voted for candidates with two credentials. They seemed to be devout Muslims, and they appeared dedicated to tossing America out of the region and the Israelis into the sea.
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3 comments:
with all due respect to mr. b, he asks
"But what has done more to radicalize Islam than our invasion of Iraq?"
Well lets see, how about doing nothing. You see the radicals have always been there, but when they attacked and there was no retaliation, that gave them the confidence to get more crazy. I might remind pbj ummm i mean pjb that radical islamists have been at war with us for decades, but we didn't start to fight back until after 9/11.
I know your from Long Island, but relax with the whole 'We didnt start the fire' Billy Joel rebuttal. And DONT YOU DARE blaspeme the Holy Trinity of Peanut Butter and Jelly.
Yo, don't mess with billy. that was an unfortunate album in an otherwise stellar career!
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