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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Because Arabs only respect force, right?
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Nice loaded question. If I answer yes, you get all PC on my ass...
So if you give me a PC "I'm horrified at your generalization" reply, I will take that as admission that you have no rebuttal. That said, my answer is, historically, yes, radical Islamist Arabs have only responded to force.
And to suggest that there can be some detante with radical Islam is ludicrous. Unlike the cold war on Communism, our enemy now is not afraid of death. You can't reason with them, you can't placate them, you can't isolate yourself from them and you can't talk to them. What form of reaction would you choose? There's no carrot.
The nice thing about Radical Islam is that it is lashing out in all directions. On a map, its epicenter is contained by organized stronger nations on all sides. To the east, China and India. To the North, Russia. To the South, Australia. Its only avenue for real malignant spread is Africa. God help it if it hits India or China with any serious attack. All we need is one tiny excuse to squeeze it. And the Russians would be thrilled at any pretext which would allow it to massacre the Chechnyans under the guise of fighting terrorism.
If we cut off Africa, we can contain it and push its attacks elsewhere. The more it hits others, the less the world will "blame the US" and the more it will say "Allright, lets deal with these waterheads."
