Hi Lindsay, No I don't agree with all of it. I posted it, because, like a lot of other stuff I post, it offered an interesting perspective.
I disagree with significant points in the last page or so. I'll elaborate on that in a few days time - I'm pretty busy for the next 48 hours. Sue On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:27:01 +1100, Lindsay Brash wrote: >G'day All, > >Thank you Sue for posting this link. But I'm interested in how much you >would agree with it. > >Because it seems to lack coherence at some points. The author is >apparently pro-war. OK. But then he paints the Iraq war as a critical and >strategic assault on Islamism. That goes against what we know about * the >lack of WMD, * the lack of links between Iraq and terrorists, and * that >Saddam's regime was largely secular. On the dangers of the Iraq war >serving as a catalyst for Islamism, he is silent; only that the US must >now complete their task. > >He does say that democracy needs to be fostered from within. > >It is interesting to note the changes in Bush's language regarding Islam, >but tends to underline the problems of their previous ham-fisted approach. > >Kind regards, >Lindsay Brash. > > >At 09:04 AM 7/11/03 +1100, Sue Bolton wrote: >>For an Iranian perspective on the problem: >>"How To Combat Islamist Terrorism Without Combating Islam?" >>http://iranvajahan.net/cgi-bin/news.pl?l=en&y=2003&m=11&d=06&a=5 >>This is the text of a speech given in Copenhagen this week >>by Mehdi Mozaffari, of the Department of Political Science >>University of Aarhus, Denmark. > > >------------------------------------------------------ >- You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] >- To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe >insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) >See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm >------------------------------------------------------ Sue Bolton Sydney, Australia ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
