Posted on 09/22/2001 7:32:10 AM PDT by gg188
I think he was ready to win, maybe too mach
Vittorio - Italy
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Some Dare to Speak about Islam as It Is.
Your Opinion/Questions Editorial Keywords: POLITICALLY CORRECT TERROR
Source: World News Daily, From the Las Vegas Review Journal
Published: 9/27/01 Author: WND
Posted on 09/28/2001 07:32:24 PDT by Francohio
But as Mideast expert Daniel Pipes wrote this week,
"The president dismissed al-Qaida's version of Islam as a repudiated 'fringe form of Islamic extremism.'
Hardly. Muslims on the streets of many places – Pakistan and Gaza in particular – are fervently rallying to the defense of al-Qaida's vision of Islam.
Likewise, the president's calling the terrorists 'traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam' implies that other Muslims see them as apostates, which is simply wrong.
Al-Qaida enjoys wide popularity – the very best the U.S. government can hope for is a measure of Muslim neutrality and apathy."
Although without question there are millions of peaceful, tolerant and decent Muslims, what we're talking about here is a particular brand of Islam -- a rapidly expanding one at that -- often called "Islamism." Like communism and Nazism, it is a brutal, coercive utopian movement bent on nothing less than total world domination.
It's what President Bush described, in his excellent Sept. 20 speech to the nation, as heir "of all the murderous ideologies of the 20th century ... they follow in the path of fascism, and Nazism, and totalitarianism." Yes, the president, to his credit, characterized the enemy correctly, albeit briefly and incompletely. But he gave no sense of the size of the enemy.
Take a deep breath. Of the world's approximately 1.2 billion Muslims, an estimated 10 to 15 percent are of the militant "Islamist" strain. Do the math – that's well over 100 million human beings who, to a greater or lesser degree, are caught up with what amounts to the world's most dangerous cult.
Paul Marshall, senior fellow at the Center for Religious Freedom at Freedom House, told this writer that right now perhaps eight to 10 governments are "scared of being toppled" if they stand up to the Islamic "jihad" against the West. Citing Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Jordan, Indonesia and other potential "coalition" members, Marshall said such states "are afraid their country could be destabilized if they support the West too much, which shows that opposition to American action is not simply from a few hundred people."
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That's sort of an oxymoron isn't it? I mean, it was the Empire that fell in corruption and decadence, not the Republic.
Your point is valid for the reasons given. But,IMO,the Roman republic would never have fallen under this kind of circumstance simply because the populace, during the Republican period, was unified and homogenous and had not fallen into the effete decadence of the later Empire.
I see what you're saying. As you probably know, the fall of Rome was a very long process. I think the beginning of end had its roots in the Republic. The civil war and in the Senate. The Senate and people became so frustrated by "dead lock" and I know that term is over simplfying what happened. What they wanted was 1 man to come along and save the Republic. They got an Emperor. With that in mind I am a little concerned to say the least about Presidents who rely on executive orders to "get things done". I think it was a very long time before the Roman citizens actually realized that they no longer lived in a Republic. The Emperors did what they could to keep that illusion alive. Thanks for your reply.
Don't know why but for some reason it seemed appropriate to bump post #128 right now.
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