"Hello Muslims, You are adults but you need to listen to us".

Submitted by Ahmed (Canada), May 7, 2006 at 12:35

Interesting.

Dr. Pipes first you say "...we should treat the Iraqis like adults; that we should understand that they are going to run their own future, their own destiny, not us;" . In the same breath you profess also tell "...if we go too fast, as is the case, we bring our most fervent enemies to power, as we've seen most dramatically in the Palestinian territories, where a terrorist organization (Hamas) won a majority of Palestinian support. One can see that also in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, Algeria. We have to be very cautious about pushing a process before the people of the area are really quite ready for it ...".

Sir, is this not confused?

Most muslims believe the West tells this to Muslims because the Westerns think they are Superior to Muslims in every way including thinking. You sound "You are adults, no one needs to tell you whom you elect (but you should NOT elect those whom we hate)" In other words "You are adults but you need to listen to us". Can I ask why? This is about Supremacy and not about democracy. The Conservatives, hawks and evangelists in the west will never let Muslims elect whom they like. Else there would have been democracy through out the Muslim world.

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