Round 1: Islam vs the West

Submitted by dave (United States), Dec 28, 2006 at 00:55

Round 1 of course is taking place in Iraq, with a sideshow in afghanistan; the islamic world powers, both sunni and shia, are taking notes and training fanatics; the chinese and the russians, and others, are merely taking notes.

Lessons learned so far: The EU is an impotent social club, and increasingly vulnerable to blackmail by military, political, energy and a host of other means. The most powerful nations in it will do nothing to defend themselves or any other nation, and they only feel important when they can oppose the use of NATO or US military power. Their pacifism is as predictable as their eventual decline, corresponding perfectly to the rise of a post-christian world view by many european elites. It is this world view, with all it's implications, that has the Islamists already fighting for the spoils of an increasingly Islamic Europe.

Lesson 2: The US will fight, as wil the UK, but both can be neutralized so long as no further attacks take place on US soil. Expect any future attacks in the US or UK to be blamed on "homegrown" terrorists, and any ties to foreign jihadists to be discounted by their muhajadeen auxilleries in the media.

Lesson 3: time is on Islam's side, from many perspectives: demographically, financially, idealogically: Their numbers increase while Europe's decrease; Islamic Nations with oil resourses are prospering, with no end in sight, even as western nations are over a barrel, literally; And the appeal of Islam is growing, it's nations increasingly assertive on the world stage, demanding respect, with military power increasing to correspond with their economic clout

Lesson 4: Anarchy is the friend of the Islamic revolution, just as was the case in revolutions past.

In conclusion, it's only a matter of time before the Iranian president dons a red beret and claims to be the reincarnation of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, reborn to lead the Islamic revolution........there are those in the west who would eat that up...........

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