[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Unchecked Aggression

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Unchecked Aggression
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1164582238.shtml


   Victor Davis Hanson has decided that [1]worldwide Islamist aggression
   will not stand

     Itâs past time that we quit worrying whether a killer who blows
     himself up on the West Bank, or a terrorist who shouts the
     accustomed jihadist gibberish as he crashes a jumbo jet into the
     World Trade Center, or a driver who rams his explosives-laden car
     into an Iraqi polling station, or a Chechnyan rebel who blows the
     heads off schoolchildren, is in daily e-mail contact with Osama bin
     Laden. Our present lax attitude toward jihadism is akin to deeming
     local outbreaks of avian flu as regional maladies without much
     connection to a new strain of a deadly â and global â virus.

     Instead, the worldâif it is to save its present liberal system of
     free trade, safe travel, easy and unfettered communications, and
     growing commitment to constitutional governmentâmust begin seeing
     radical Islamism as a universal pathology rather than reactions to
     regional grievances, if it is ever to destroy it materially and
     refute it ideologically.

     Yet the antidote for radical Islam, aside from the promotion of
     democratization and open economies, is simple. It must be
     militarily defeated when it emerges to wage organized violence, as
     in the cases of the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, Zarqawiâs
     terrorists in Iraq, and the various killer cliques in Palestine.

     Second, any who tolerate radical Islam should be ostracized.
     Muslims living in the West must be condemned when they assert that
     the Jews caused 9/11, or that suicide bombing is a legitimate
     response to Israel, or that Islamic immigrantsâ own unique culture
     gives them a pass from accustomed assimilation, or that racial and
     religious affinity should allow tolerance for the hatred that spews
     forth from madrassas and mosques â before the patience of Western
     liberalism is exhausted and "the rules of the game" in Tony Blairâs
     words "change" quite radically and we begin to see mass invitations
     to leave.

     Third, nations that intrigue with jihadists must be identified as
     the enemies of civilization. We often forget that there are now
     left only four major nation-states in the world that either by
     intent or indifference allow radical Islamists to find sanctuary.

     If Pakistan were seriously to disavow terrorism and not see it as
     an asset in its rivalry with India and as a means to vent
     anti-Western angst, then Osama bin Laden, Dr. Zawahiri, and their
     lieutenants would be hunted down tomorrow.

     If the petrolopolis of Saudi Arabia would cease its financial
     support of Wahhabi radicals, most terrorists could scarcely travel
     or organize operations.

     If there were sane governments in Syria and Iran, then there would
     be little refuge left for al Qaeda, and the money and shelter that
     now protects the beleaguered and motley collection of
     ex-Saddamites, Hezbollah, and al Qaedists would cease.

     So in large part four nations stand in the way of eradicating much
     of the global spread of jihadism â and it is no accident that
     either oil or nuclear weapons have won a global free pass for three
     of them. And it is no accident that we donât have a means to wean
     ourselves off Middle East oil or as yet stop Iran from becoming the
     second Islamic nuclear nation.

   So, what are we doing to stop the global spread of Jihadism? Not much.
   In fact, if we follow [2]Jim Baker's advice, we'll be doing an awful
   lot to encourage it.

   Dick Cheney is doing his best to empower the fascist/terrorist regime
   [3]Saudi Arabia:

     Vice President Dick Cheney is on his way back to Washington after a
     daylong whirlwind meeting with Saudi Arabian King Abdullah.

     On all issues, the Saudis and the United States see "eye to eye,"
     the adviser added.

     Saudi Arabia is expected to take a lead role in the region.

   That's how we fight this war - by legitimizing and empowering our
   enemies.

   Great plan, guys. Fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly.
   It's a Swiss fuckin' watch.

References

   1. http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200511040840.asp
   2. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/11/26/turning_to_baker_for_new_iraq_plan/
   3. http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/25/cheney.saudi/