It’s not hard to understand why someone like “John Jay” believes the canard about firewall between the secular and the religious in the Islamic world, unsophisticated as that is. That canard is repeated ad nauseum by members of our media who have no knowledge of the subject or wish it to be so. Anyone with the slightest interest could find out this is wrong with ten minutes on Google. But more than that – it belies common sense and the works of anyone knowledgeable in military matters from Sun Tzu to Machiavelli, who constantly instruct us on playing both sides. On top of it all, most of us should recall that the supposedly secular Saddman celebrated his rule by having the Koran written in his blood (supposedly). On the opposite side, does Bin Laden believe a word of his religious rhetoric or is it just for political power or both? I don’t know. I don’t even know if bin Laden knows himself (assuming he’s alive). And I’m sure John Jay doesn’t.
