Is radical Islam really that different from the Soviet threat?
Yes it is fundamentally different.
“I agree with the author for the most part but he’s wrong about this:
Is radical Islam really that different from the Soviet threat?
Yes it is fundamentally different.”
Just so you know, I wasnt minimizing the radical islamic threat at all. I think it’s a huge danger and must be dealt with. I just have a sense that people forget how bad the Soviet threat was. Read Witness by Whittaker Chambers, our government and elits were full of spies and fellow travellers, some of whom were kidnapped on American soil when they tried to get out of the network. It was just as bad as the infiltration by the Muslim Brotherhood.
I agree. Communist countries after Stalin and Mao were ruled by people who were mostly careerists. Most of the citizens of communist countries probably hated the whole rotten structure. When virtually all communist governments were replaced in one fell swoop after the Soviet Union went down, there were few loyal commies who rebelled.
Islamism is quite different. A great percentage of average Muslims are quite happy with slaughtering their fellow man and celebrated 9/11 like we do Christmas. The last thing the citizens (and most of the leaders) of a communist country wanted was a worldwide conflagration with multi-millions killed. Islam's followers think differently.
You saw the same flaw that stood out to me, as well.