[lit-ideas] Re: Victor Hanson in Iraq
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:33:07 -0800
In several emails, Lawrence makes a number of claims:
The biggest problem in the Middle East according to his paradigm is that it doen't have a
core state. If Huntington is right, then why not Iran? Could Iran rise to the occasion?
It is interesting to consider.
A slight problem: the Persians aren't Arabs.
There is considerable evidence that the "majority" of Islam (something we have pursued
here on Lit-Ideas from time to time) is fundamentalist.
The majority of Muslims are not fundamentalists.
Indonesia 170,310,000 million
Bangladesh 106,050,000 million
India 103,000,000 million
Turkey 62,410,000 million
Those are the largest Muslim populations. They are moderate or centrists.
Pakistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria, and Iran...
So, Pakistan, a military dictatorship that uses Islam to prop itself up, Libya is a
"Pan-Arab socialist state", Iraq was a secular dictatorship (under Saddam), Syria is another
secular dictatorship, and finally, Iran, a theocracy.
See? You lump those countries together as if they were primarily defined as Arabs or
Islamic, but Iran isn't Arab and most of them aren't Islamic states.
And you clearly ignore Indonesia, Bangladesh, and India because they're not Arabs, yet they
have huge Muslim popuations. What about Turkey? They certainly aren't Arabs.
What is the danger of Leftism today? They represent a political position that is largely
anti-American. In any conflict, they side with the enemies of the US.
75% of Americans are anti-American. The US Congress is anti-American. Bush Sr. and James
Baker are anti-American.
Saddam and his WMDs...
The "threat of WMDs" was used to mislead people into supporting the war. Lawrence, it was a
lie.
The Bush White House, (namely, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Card, and Rove) lost the war.
The four greatest mistakes were the decision to attack, the decision by Bush to not install
Chalabi, the firing of Baathists, and the demobilization of the Iraqi Army.
Did you know that the last two decisions were made by Douglas Feith and Bush/Rice weren't
even notified? Not even "oh, by the way..."? Remarkable that the President and the National
Security Advisor weren't in charge at all.
You want to put the blame for Iraq on Leftists or whatever. No, it whole thing was Bush and
his White House. They made this disaster all by themselves. You're just trying to blame
others. You won't understand that your Neocons and your patriots and your America-Firsters
engineered the greatest disaster to ever befall this country.
If you want some amusing reading, look up Douglas Feith in Wikipedia. He has
quite an entry.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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