We don't bat an eyelash often because we (many of us) do now know what is going on around the world. It's hard to when the news-tainment industry filters for its narrative. International news sources are not all that common. Few have taken note of the other ISIS and Al Shabbab actions at the same timeframe in other countries. The actions of ISIS, Al Shabbab, Boko Haram, etc., are not retaliation. Such a suggestion is naïve and devoid of a knowledge of history. (One might otherwise say that the US was the aggressor when Dresden was bombed. Yes, it was wrong to bomb civilians, but the war had begun much earlier. Decontextualizing any action removes it from its relational significance.)
The Wilsonian policy of global governance practiced by the US is a problem. Whether implemented by Obama, Bush, or Clinton it has generated a negative response. We have been under this progressive policy umbrella for roughly a century and it has not produced peace. Commumism was never containable, nor can Islam be either contained or liberalized. This is a clash of worldviews. And worldviews are often functionally incompatible. Such is the case of Islam & western liberal democracy (whether Burkean or Marxist). Take a look at the middle-eastern allies and strategies of the Third Reich. Worldviews persist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuNva3j12X0 I don't think that if the Reich wanted to stop at Europe that they would have considered a conquest and occupation of N. America and Russia. They did send subs to our shores as exploratory ventures. Once they declared war on the U.S., well, that would seem to have expanded their goals. All worldviews seek to dominate. Whether Marxism (of whatever flavor), Christianity, or Islam. The suggestion that any eschatology intends to stop at a border seems ludicrous. That's not what eschatology is about. It's not "anti Islam" to suggest global dominance as a goal. Read their theology. We likewise export democracy to other nations. Something as simple (to us) as providing schooling for girls, homes for orphans, and breaking up sex slavery/trafficking represents the combined energies of the Christian-democratic West worldview to influence others and change governments. We are all doing it -- expanding our world view to the point of global domination. (Even the CIA, working at the behest of whomever is in the White House, represents that energy.) I stopped watching the news several years ago. Read history & philosophy -- understand worldviews and trends. After that nothing is surprising. We grieve for the innocent. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
