[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Islamic supremacy and democracy don't mix

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Islamic supremacy and democracy don't mix
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1210435823.shtml


   Noah Pollak at [1]Commentary:

     What does the crisis in Lebanon teach us about Hezbollah? It
     teaches us the same lesson we learned from Hamas when it took Gaza:
     Islamic supremacist groups, despite their claims to the contrary,
     cannot be integrated into states or democratic political systems...

     ..The one thing Hezbollah has lost this week is the credibility of
     its claims to being a Lebanese âresistanceâ movement. Hezbollah has
     always countered concerns about its military buildup with the
     promise that it would never turn its weapons inward. The mask has
     fallen, and now it will never be restored. But it really doesnât
     matter, and in some ways this fact might actually free Hezbollahâs
     hand â the group no longer need maintain any kind of charade at all
     that it has Lebanonâs interests at heart.

     How is this situation going to play out in the coming days and
     weeks? That depends on a number of things, first among them being
     the question of how far Hezbollah wants to push its assault. The
     Druze, Christians, and Sunnis can field their own militias, and if
     open warfare comes to Lebanon there is a serious risk of outside
     intervention â that is, Syrian intervention, under the guise of a
     peacekeeping or stabilizing force. The Cedar Revolution will have
     been rolled back, only this time with an emboldened Hezbollah
     working in the service of a Syrian-Iranian alliance whose interests
     are more indistinguishable than ever.

References

   1. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/pollak/5341#comments