Hi frankw1900; That's a hell of a lot of questions in response to a short comment [Over the long term, the Islamic fundamentalists are not a threat to this country.]
Re: "What's long term?" Anytime from the next day to the next thousand years.
Re: "Will lack of freedom of movement through the world be in US interests?" Lack of freedom of movement through the world is not in US interest, but on the other hand, neither is it a threat to the US. It's a threat to countries that are more dependant on foreign trade etc.
Re: "Is an Islamist nation holding WMDs in US interests?" No. But the US has no borders with any country that could possibly become "islamist", so the US is not a country that is threatened by islamist WMDs. While it is theoretically possible for an Islamist country to nuke the US, there is no reason on earth for them to do so, except to the extent that we get in their faces. The real threat of islamist WMDs is to the countries that are their neighbors. As Afghanistan demonstrated, attacking the US is a great way to get your nation taken apart by the US.
Re: "Is the continued financing by Saudis of islamist institutions in N america and Europe in US interests?" It's not a serious threat to this country, except to the extent that we get involved in Middle Eastern affairs. If you stir up a hornet's nest, you have to expect to get stung.
Re: "Is the conjoining of religious and political institutions in many countries in US interests?" BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! No such conjoining is possible. If you put more than a handful of islamists into the same room at the same time a gunfight will erupt between them.
Re: "Is the continued, unremitting islamist encouragement to kill US men, women and children in US interests?" Of course not. But our problems with this sort of thing are largely created by our one sided intervention in the Middle East.
Re: "Is the continued unremitting islamist attack on democracy every where in US interests?" No it's not in the US interest, but it is also not a threat to the US. The countries where democracy is realistically threatened by islamists are countries where Moslems are in majority. The US is not such a country, nor are our neighbors, nor are our principle trading partners, other than for oil. And it would be easier for us to get that oil without our disastrous middle east policy.
I'll respond to the rest of your comments in a separate post, as it is largely a change of topic from islamists to eco freaks.
-- Carl |
