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1 CuriousLurker  Sun, Oct 23, 2011 8:57:36am

It’s nice to read a serious, thoughtful opinion piece on this subject for a change instead of the usual paranoia & fear mongering. What he says makes sense—the Islamists aren’t going to go away, so it’s probably better to try to engage them and let their own societies change them gradually. Hostility will only ratchet up tensions and could make things take a turn for the worse. We don’t have the resources to impose our will on the entire Muslim world by force.

2 researchok  Sun, Oct 23, 2011 12:04:27pm

re: #1 CuriousLurker

It’s nice to read a serious, thoughtful opinion piece on this subject for a change instead of the usual paranoia & fear mongering. What he says makes sense—the Islamists aren’t going to go away, so it’s probably better to try to engage them and let their own societies change them gradually. Hostility will only ratchet up tensions and could make things take a turn for the worse. We don’t have the resources to impose our will on the entire Muslim world by force.

When it is all said and done, how minorities are treated will tell the tale.

These elections aren’t about religion or religious sensibilities. They are about democracy, that great equalizer. Nothing else.

Here’s hoping.

3 Bob Levin  Sun, Oct 23, 2011 5:51:57pm

In politics, organization is what matters. Whoever can organize better, or first, will have influence. However, for some reason this dynamic does not translate into delivering the goods to the public—provided that the goal is democracy. If the the goal is to form a tyranny, then less organization is required in order to steal on a massive level.


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