[Peace-discuss] Fwd: LONGER, BROADER WAR ON ISLAM

[John W.]

I got this today from one of the mailing lists I'm on.  My comment below, 
"embedded" in the text.



>Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:08:58 -0400
>Subject: LONGER, BROADER WAR ON ISLAM
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>To: "John W." jbw292002 at gmail.com
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>October 6, 2005
>National Security Council
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>AMERICA HAS A CLEAR STRATEGY FOR VICTORY IN THE WAR ON TERROR
>
>On October 6, 2005, President Bush Addressed The National Endowment For 
>Democracy On The Nature Of The Enemy We Face And The Strategy For Victory. 
>In this new century, freedom is once again under assault. The President 
>outlined the ideology of the terrorists and the strategy needed to defeat 
>this danger and see freedom's victory. . . .
>
>The ideology known as Islamic radicalism, militant Jihadism, or 
>Islamo-fascism - different from the religion of Islam - exploits Islam to 
>serve a violent political vision that calls for the murder of all those 
>who do not share it. The followers of Islamic radicalism are bound 
>together by their shared ideology, not by any centralized command 
>structure. Although they fight on scattered battlefields, these terrorists 
>share a similar ideology and vision for the world openly stated in videos, 
>audiotapes, letters, declarations, and websites. . . .

You could paraphrase the first sentence with perfect accuracy to say, "The 
ideology known as corporate radicalism, militant conservatism, or 
capitalo-fascism - different from the religion of capitalism - exploits 
capitalism to serve a violent political vision that calls for the murder of 
all those who do not share it."  And of course you could go on and 
paraphrase the rest of it in a similar vein....



>The murderous ideology of the Islamic radicals is the great challenge of 
>our century. Yet, in many ways, this fight resembles the struggle against 
>communism in the last century. . . .
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>October 17, 2005
>The New York Times
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>ADMINISTRATION'S TONE SIGNALS A LONGER, BROADER IRAQ WAR
>President prepares U.S. for conflict with 'radical Islam' from Spain to 
>Indonesia
>By David E. Sanger
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>WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 - For most of the 30 months since American-led forces 
>ousted Saddam Hussein, the Bush administration has argued that as 
>democracy took hold in Iraq, the insurgency would lose steam because Al 
>Qaeda and the opponents of the country's interim government had nothing to 
>offer Iraqis or the people of the Middle East. . . .
>
>But inside the administration, that belief provides less solace than it 
>once did. Senior officials say the intelligence reports flowing over their 
>desks in recent months argue that even if democratic institutions take 
>hold, the insurgency may strengthen. And that possibility has created a 
>quandary for an administration that desperately wants to equate 
>democracy-building with winning the war, but so far has not been able to 
>match the two. . . .
>
>Mr. Bush's own way of talking about the future, in Iraq and beyond, has 
>undergone a subtle but significant change in recent weeks. In several 
>speeches, he has begun warning that the insurgency is already 
>metastasizing into a far broader struggle to "establish a radical Islamic 
>empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia." While he still predicts 
>victory, he appears to be preparing the country for a struggle of cold war 
>proportions.
>
>It is a very different tone than administration officials sounded in the 
>heady days after Saddam Hussein's fall, and then his capture.
>
>". . . the president was concerned that we hadn't described Iraq to the 
>American people for what it is - a struggle of ideologies that isn't going 
>to end with one election, or one constitution, or even a string of elections."
>
>For an administration that has recalibrated and re-explained its strategy 
>in Iraq many times in the past 30 months, this latest turn may be a 
>recognition of changed realities. . . .
>
>Now administration officials are beginning to describe the insurgency as 
>long-lasting, more akin to Communist insurgencies in Malaysia or the 
>Philippines, but with a broader and more deadly base. . . .
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