Posted by
Richard on Sunday, October 01, 2006 1:42:28 PM
Private Papers
Islamic Fascism 101
On all they’ve done to earn the name.
by Victor Davis Hanson
www.victorhanson.com
September 29, 2006
"Make no apologies for the use of “Islamic fascism.” It is the perfect nomenclature for the agenda of radical Islam...the general idea of “fascism” — the creation of a centralized authoritarian state to enforce blanket obedience to a reactionary, all-encompassing ideology — fits well the aims of contemporary Islamism " read more
Once again Mr. Hanson has hit the nail on the head, and called it for what it is
IF you have ever read any of Mr. Hanson's work, you would find that the core to all of his opinions is based on the technology, R&D of the west due to the complete freedom that the west enjoys.
I have read several of Mr. Hansons books, and have found that even as far back as the wars between Greece and Persia the advantage most certainly went to Greece which was pretty much a free society. The reasoning is almost quite simplistic; A free society has more to lose ergo it will develope better technologies to defend itself. Couple that with the free exchange of ideas that occur inside of the free society a viola you have the recipe for success in all aspects of life especially in war.
While that superority has narrowed somewhat in the last decade or so, the advantage will still ultimately go to the western nations. As I have said many times before if the West ever awakes from its self induced slumbers and confronts Islamofacsim with its full might, then they, the new facsists, will also find themselves on the trash heap of history.