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Saturday, 19 August 2006
Ceasefire fallout: All the wrong lessons
Contributed by Bill Faith

Allahpundit:

When asked this afternoon why he thought Islamism had become a force in the Arab world, a Palestinian ex-terrorist(!) whose name I forget told Fox it was because all the wars they’d lost to the Zionists had been fought under the banner of Arab pan-nationalism. Islamism was a response to that. Only by fighting under the banner of Allah, the theory went, could they finally reconquer Palestine.

By that logic, their devotion to God is partly a function of their desire to destroy Israel. Let that sink in for a minute. Also, how much it smacks of “magical” thinking: rather than take a scientific approach to victory, by focusing on military strategy and technological development, they’re essentially trying on different ideological sweaters in hopes of stumbling upon the one that finally “works.”

The irony is that Hezbollah achieved a moral victory precisely because they haven’t neglected the strategic side. The “party of God” knows how to wage guerrilla warfare and, thanks to Iran, they’re well equipped to do so. But that’s not how their victory’s being interpreted across the region. The glory goes to Allah, with the inevitable result that Islamism is on the march:

[Read the whole thing. It covers a lot of ground and it's all important.]

Olmert didn't just hurt Israel by screwing up like he has, he hurt all of western civilization. Sooner or later someone is going to have to put the Islamists in their place forcefully enough they accept the situation. It just got a whole lot tougher.

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 19, 2006 at 01:18 AM in Bill Faith, Hezbollah, Iran, Islamism Delenda Est, Israel, Lebanon | Permalink

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