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Monday, September 8, 2014

ARE PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS INTERNATIONAL ALLIES PROPERLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROLIFERATION OF WESTERN WEAPONRY AND TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE MUSLIM WORLD?

IF THE WEST IS WORKING WITH ALAWI SYRIA, SHIA IRAQ, AND SHIA IRAN ON THE ONE HAND AND WITH SUNNI TURKEY, SUNNI SAUDIA ARABIA, AND SUNNI EGYPT ON THE OTHER HAND; THEN IN IN BOTH CASES -- SHIA AND SUNNI -- THE WEST IS SPREADING WESTERN WEAPONRY AND TRAINING INTO THE TURKISH, ARAB, EGYPTIAN, AND PERSIAN WORLDS; AND THESE WEAPONS MAY COME BACK TO HAUNT US, AND TO ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER, ALREADY HAVE DONE SO.

No doubt there are those, who will say, "It's all in the game... on the one hand, these nations we are working with are all our enemies; and on the other hand, they are all our clients... and if we don't do the providing, then the Russians and the Chinese will (which they will do anyway, so, it comes down to who gets how many pieces of the respective pies)."

With all that oil and all those weapons contracts at stake, is it any wonder, that so many civilians are being butchered by so many parties in so many distinct and creative ways?

There are those, whose perspective on the diverse world of Islam is, "Kill 'em all and let G-d sort it out... even better, let 'em kill each other."  Is this the democratic model we expect the non-democratic world to welcome with warm hearts and with open minds?

Sooner or later, one way or another, what goes around comes around; so, we of Western persuasion would be naive to think that ordinance stops "over there";   we had darn well better do our best to bring immediate threats to an end quickly and with minimal further harm to civilians; and we had darn well better do our best to give the world of Islam reason to sing our praises, beyond the obvious praises of respect for Western military capabilities, to the rebuilding of lives, polities, and economies, which have been ripped apart.