General Quarters

if any of you are ignorant of the blog called “The Officers’ Club“, that’s your significant loss.

Consider this your introduction:

Freedom from oppression remains the answer to this strategic gambit. If people can be given a choice other than a fascist dictatorship or an 8th century theocracy, they’ll probably take it. That is why OEF and OIF are important, but that also ties into why the world in general and America in particular sees the Islamic world in such a singularity. If we, as a nation, were at all interested in actually solving this problem and working together instead of trying to blame stuff on George Bush or justify a bias, here’s what we would see happen: Every night, on the news, we would see moderate Muslims protesting “not in my name” across the world. We would see Muslim dissidents in oppressed countries elevated to celebrity status in the American media, and vaunted by the international community for their work in reform. We would see proposals about how to solve the problems in the Mid East instead of worrying about the status quo and talking about “stability.”

Now, I am REALLY peeved at all of this Moslem idiocy, and I would, I confess, like to wash the planet’s hands of these nincompoops permanently.

BUT…….. We HAVE to be careful here. I ge tthe feeling we’re teetering on the brink of blanket condemnation in line with Germany of the 30s.

I concur - we cannot reason with alot of these fools. They lack reason, fundamentally, I feel. Therefore, they are committed to their path in life, and will not change outside RADICAL circumstances.

Radical circumstances would HAVE to be a military conflagration and conquest on the scale of Sherman in GA, or Tokyo / Berlin of 1945. I don’t think THAT is feasible these days; it just doesn;t seem possible absent nuclear engagement.

So, what do we do?

I really don’t know. I am open to suggestions.

Maybe this freedom / democracy stuff *is* the answer.

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