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2006-09-27 Home Front: Culture Wars

Short essay on Islam and the "Western Street" from Captain's quarters

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Posted by Sheregum Slonter4724 2006-09-27 09:57|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And we've seen that transformation here at Rantburg, from that idea that it's a few fringe radicals to the idea that the fringe is those who disagree with and oppose such actions. Cyber Sarge made a critical point yesterday, when he wrote that of course Bill Clinton did nothing serious about Osama bin Laden because the country did not understand the seriousness of the risk. Had a 9/11 occurred on Clinton's watch, then he might have been able to do something serious in response.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-09-27 14:20|| 2006-09-27 14:20|| Front Page Top

#2 "Religion of Peace ™ "

Now, who would do a thing like that?

Posted by Steve 2006-09-27 14:31|| 2006-09-27 14:31|| Front Page Top

#3 People rush to excuse Muslims from the war by emphasizing that Islam is a "religion of peace", a phrase that finds so much repetition that some are now tempted to put it into title caps and stick a trademark notation on it.

I know, Steve, it's like, like ... this guy's been reading ... well, Rantburg or something.

Instead of writing another warning about the "Arab street", Boot warns Muslims about their relative silence in the age of Islamist terrorism and its effect on the "Western street". He writes in the Los Angeles Times that unless moderate Muslims start taking a much more active role against Islamism, the West will have no choice but to conclude that Islam is incompatible with peace

Which is what I've been yelling to the rafters ever since I got here. The old Thundering Silence thingy.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-09-27 22:52|| 2006-09-27 22:52|| Front Page Top

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