Chris at #4. I will not discuss this subject with decorum but will confront the ideology head on. To paraphrase Marcus Porcius Cato, Islam delenda est!
I don’t take this position lightly. It took me quite some time after 9/11 to come to this conclusion. After reading Koranic verses and comparing them with Christian and other religious doctrine, I have found the inherent animosity and intolerance in Muslim doctrine to be completely and utterly incompatible with Western civilized tradition. The incompatibility is even more pronounced when compared with America’s founding principles.
The nation building experiment in Iraq, may have been the only humanistic alternative to Cato’s stark assessment. I hope it works for the sake of the individual Iraqi and his family. To implant a concept of liberty, consensual government and rule of law in a deeply Islamic society and having it take root and grow seems the only possible way to avoid destroying an Islamic civilization. We are seeing some success. But can it last? Perhaps we could isolate Islamic societies if they are violent towards us. But the problem really doesn’t go away. In the end, I think, the great experiment in Iraq will confirm my convictions that Islam must be destroyed. That is, unless, Islam is fundamentally reformed from within by its own adherents.
The issue for Western civilization is, “Are we willing to fight to preserve our way of life?” This may mean having the stomach to do some terrible things. For us here in America, we are not close to that point yet. But it may come to that someday. So again to quote another historical character, “It is good that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it.”
We need to assist Islam in outgrowing its fondness for war. I will bring the plows and salt.
