The West and Islam

[noraaboy]

Thought I'd share with you an article by Michael Ledeen about religion in our post-post-modern world and how politics and terrorism interact with it. Thought it was interesting, but then again, entire books could be written on the subject without getting to the heart of it. One of the most interesting lines in the piece comes from Archbishop of

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[robwett]

Its unfortunate that the USSR could not be rescued from disintegration. Bipolarity is the most stable international order, while unipolarity is impossible to sustain and multipolarity can lead to the break-down of a united front and provide enemies with greater room to maneuver than may be readily apparant.

If the CCCP was still around, I am sure that there wouldn't have been any deals with Iran to provide them with nuclear technology. The Politburo never would have been so short-sighted as to place short-term economic gains over genuine national security concerns--since Iran is a lot closer to Moscow than Washington.

Putin is pursuing policies that are detrimental to Russia's long-term interests, which he is ignoring for the sake of some short-term capital-gains.

If only the coup in August '91 had either never happened or been wholly successful, but those stupid plotters totally failed to deploy sufficient numbers of troops and just send in snipers and kill the drunkard Yeltsin.