tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post2379625342037050896..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Koranic QuagmireGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-66569113818274082102007-11-18T23:46:00.000-06:002007-11-18T23:46:00.000-06:00"We are waging a war that focuses on helping Musli..."We are waging a war that focuses on helping Muslims instead of waging a war that focuses on protecting us."<BR/><BR/>That, too is a good line.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-248496038921840552007-11-18T23:22:00.000-06:002007-11-18T23:22:00.000-06:00"Our government appeared to be far closer to actin..."Our government appeared to be far closer to acting properly with respect to the Koran when it was rumored to be flushing it down the toilet."<BR/><BR/>Awesome line. I think what this episode illustrates is the failure of the "reformist" model for our war strategy. This (largely) Neo-Conservative strategy rests on the premise that in order for the US to be safe the Islamic world must be reformed. Therefore it is up to US troops to turn a seething cauldron of hatred, mysticism, and tribalism like Iraq into an enlightened Western nation. This is pure socio-political fantasy. Yet it is our foreign policy. <BR/><BR/>I think a better strategy would be to destroy all military and economic threats posed by the Islamic world and then isolate that Islamic world in its historic lands as much as possible. Rebuilding, reforming, "democratizing" are all, in today's context with 5 years of data to draw from, altruistic in my opinion. We are waging a war that focuses on helping Muslims instead of waging a war that focuses on protecting us.<BR/><BR/>John KImAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com