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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: tekboy who wrote (30726)5/25/2002 11:48:01 AM
From: frankw1900  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
yes and no, IMHO. I'd draw a distinction among three separate tasks:

1. warding off the danger of further direct attacks from al Qaeda itself;

2. making sure radical Islamist groups don't capture political power in important countries; and

3. getting broad swathes of the population in Islamic countries to side with us rather than the radicals.

2 and 3: Ajami notes a profound alienation between governments and citizens in most muslim countries. I think this comes from the lack of participation most citizens have in either the economic or social realms, the kleptocratic nature of some governments and the repressive nature of some regimes.

Opening US markets to 3rd world products is a good idea but does greater prosperity automatically lead to greater participation, less kleptocracy, less repression and less virulent islamism?

Gotta think about this. Don't have time right now.

frank@whiterabbit.com
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