The Middle East is in fermet with the notion of democracy. The realistic possibility of that supported as it is by the United States (the Prime Democracy) and (even!) Europe has just about everybody moving and shaking in some way or other. It occurs to me that one of the beneficial side effects of the spread of democracy, however imperfectly, is that it compels the jihadis to spread their resouces in reaction to it, thus dilluting their efforts. Sound military principle, that, forcing your enemies to react to your initiative.
Unfortunately the events in Indonesia cannot make me smile (Bali bomb mastermind gets 30 months for murder of 202). At the moment the jihadis have the upper hand there, and the whole area is their playground, as much as if not more than the Middle East has been. Soon I hope, more attention will be paid to this area, as it is a swamp of radical islamism.
Friday, March 04, 2005
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