{"id":169,"date":"2004-03-22T06:51:01","date_gmt":"2004-03-22T11:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=169"},"modified":"2005-12-30T19:16:13","modified_gmt":"2005-12-31T00:16:13","slug":"we-could-put-on-a-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/we-could-put-on-a-seminar","title":{"rendered":"We could put on a seminar!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Sullivan <\/a>discusses Europe’s response to 3\/11, and tears appeasement a new hole.<\/p>\n

[The Islamist war] existed and grew in strength and potency throughout the 1990s. it draws its roots from the Egyptian Brotherhood in the 1970s and 1980s. It is quite candid in its goals: expulsion of all infidels from Islamic lands, the subjugation of political pluralism to fascistic theocracy, the elimination of all Jews anywhere, the enslavement of women, the murder of homosexuals, and the expansion of a new Islamic realm up to and beyond the medieval boundaries of Islam’s golden past. Bin Laden spoke of reclaiming Andalusia in Spain long before George W. Bush was even president. He was building terror camps and seeking weapons of mass destruction while Bill Clinton was in the White House. Blaming the policeman for exposing and punishing the criminal may feel good temporarily. But it is a fool’s errand. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read<\/a> all about it.<\/p>\n

Update: BusinessWeek<\/a> gets in on the action!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew Sullivan discusses Europe’s response to 3\/11, and tears appeasement a new hole. [The Islamist war] existed and grew in strength and potency throughout the 1990s. it draws its roots from the Egyptian Brotherhood in the 1970s and 1980s. It is quite candid in its goals: expulsion of all infidels from Islamic lands, the subjugation … <\/p>\n

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