WorldNetDailyn erinomainen artikkeli

WorldNetDailyn päätoimittaja Joseph Farah, kristitty arabi, kirjoitti tänään 26.7.2006 erinomaisen artikkelin nykyisen Lähi-idän sodan taustoista.
Farah on sitä mieltä, että tämä muslimien jo 1400 vuotta kestänyt ja yhä vain jatkuva konflikti koko muun ei-islamilaisen maailman ja varsinkin juutalaisten kanssa on Ensimmäinen todellinen maailmansota, jonka perussyy on se, että islam on totalitaarinen ideologia, joka pyrkii koko maailman valloittamiseen.
Laitan pätkän Farahin englanninkielisestä tekstistä oheen. Kiinnostuneet voivat lukea koko artikkelin osoitteessa:
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Näin siis Joseph Farah:

"I see this conflict – one that has defined history for the last 1,400 years – as World War I. This is the real Great War. It's far bigger than the conflicts that took a few years to settle. And it's not going away anytime soon.

This war is so big, some people can't even see it.

You know the expression, "He can't see the forest for the trees"? That's what it is like for some people who look at this war. They see fighting. They see conflict. They see death and destruction. But they can't see what it's all about. They can't see that the root cause.

What is the root cause?

There exists a religious totalitarian ideology that seeks global hegemony.

What we see happening in the Middle East today is the struggle in a microcosm.

Radical Islamic jihadists seek to destroy Israel. Nothing short of the Jewish state's annihilation will satisfy them. In fact, even the destruction of Israel is simply a means to an end – a short-term goal, if you will. It is the first step in a long march to global domination.

Some secularists in the West look at Islam and dismiss the possibility that it could ever dominate the globe. But it has in the past. It conquered most of the world. And, this time, "most of the world" will not appease the jihadists.

But much of the world believes this evil ideology can be negotiated with. They believe it can be placated. They believe it can be bought off. They believe it can be reasoned with. They even believe that it might be enflamed by legitimate grievances.

Again, let's return to the microsm – the Middle East. There are no legitimate grievances. Israel did not steal anyone's land. Israel did not create a refugee crisis. Israel did not oppress the "Palestinian people." All that is nonsense that I have dealt with a thousand times with hard facts and real history.

The conflict between Islamic radicals and Jews in the Middle East is really very simple. The Islamic radicals want all the Jews dead. The Jews, meanwhile, want to live."

Jouko Piho