President George Bush the younger once proposed that spreading democracy was the way to promote peace. In a way he was right but it fails to recognize that some cultures defy every concept of freedom. Muslim theocracies are the most visible.
The current situation in the Middle East and other Muslim countries should have been one of rejoicing in the reality that now was a time they could become free to govern themselves in a democratic way. They apparently do not want that! The culture is one which is so steeped in hatred for non-Muslims that it would take 50 -100 years or four or five generations of western occupation and reeducation to establish any kind of western democracy.
We should abandon any hope that eastern civilization will ever become westernized and recognize that their belief system will always collide with ours. We should be prepared for an endless clash with these people. A failure to recognize how dangerous these people are, thinking they will change, could lull us into complacency. We cannot allow this to happen.
The current situation in the Middle East and other Muslim countries should have been one of rejoicing in the reality that now was a time they could become free to govern themselves in a democratic way. They apparently do not want that! The culture is one which is so steeped in hatred for non-Muslims that it would take 50 -100 years or four or five generations of western occupation and reeducation to establish any kind of western democracy.
We should abandon any hope that eastern civilization will ever become westernized and recognize that their belief system will always collide with ours. We should be prepared for an endless clash with these people. A failure to recognize how dangerous these people are, thinking they will change, could lull us into complacency. We cannot allow this to happen.
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