Until? perhaps you meant to say Unless?

Submitted by sara (United States), Jun 21, 2012 at 17:27

Because if you did mean to say 'Until Muslims attempt to impose themselves on us through force", then you just defeated your argument singlehandedly. People who are realists and who have lived in ME countries are familiar with the dilemma of dictators and despots vs the will of the people being Islamist. It is a great quandary that we face now, to follow our morals and guiding principles in freeing people from corrupt and cruel leaders, or allow the Muslim Brotherhood and sharia law to engulf the society. I assure you, neither one is a desirable outcome. However, that said, it is more in our interests to keep the sharia stuff contained rather than spreading out to us. So therefore it is very much our business to see what happens and impact what we can, despite the dilemma of the outcome. Because we both know that if Islamists come to power, your prophecy will come true in short order.

As you said, the fundamental problem with free will is that we cannot control the outcome of elections. But we can be quite sure that Islamists will seamlessly step in and take advantage of the so-called free will. The truth is, my friend, there is no 'free will' in a Muslim country. You are applying western concepts to the Middle East. Democratic and independent thought are not integrated into the culture, and we can only hope that eventually with internet access, they will evolve. For now, I hate to say it, but for the most part, these peoples will be led, whether by a corrupt despot or a religious fanatic. That is the reality.

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