The weak Western strategy in Middle East
George Chaya
November 11, 2008
While continuing to insist that the creation of a Palestinian state will bring security to the region, the events of recent weeks do not think that is going to be easy to achieve calm and stability with the sole creation of such a state. At present, the West continues at an impasse, implement policies that will not solve the problem of the Arab-Israeli conflict, but which are advertised as the path to victory for the West on Islamic fundamentalism in the war on terror. In fact, the Arab-Israeli conflict itself - the central point and often single USA policy toward the Middle East or Western - is articulated in the global confrontation against terrorism embodied by Ben Laden and those who financed with millions still Europe Euros from the European Union.
The trends of today's world, globalization, technology, secularism and basically the universal desire of human beings to live in freedom and participate in public affairs are not likely to be defeated by Islamic fundamentalists who yearn to restore traditions of the century VII. Fundamentalism, regardless of what is heard in the Arab street or in the Western press addicted to it, is rejected by moderate Muslims and will not be able to take hold in this enlightened era in which all religions are in retreat versus progress of science and technology. The caveat is that Islamic fundamentalism was imposed by force. The serious threat posed by Islamic fundamentalism is not so much the attractiveness of its ideology, but the potential eventually to destructive means to try to impose worldwide.
The story is foolproof, since time immemorial, all international and regional conflicts have had repercussions in the Middle East. Noting the region's history from 1870 to today, are clearly identifiable recurring cycles and the like. For complex reasons having to do with religion-government relationship and their political, social and historical, the history of the area is characterized by alternating between periods of calm and instability and deep decline, closely linked and parallel to the alternation of power game that seems to define the tone and reflect the conflict between the two fronts of all time: West and East.
Therefore, the so-called battle "to win the hearts and minds" of Muslims worldwide who want some in the West is waging a futile battle, because the average person, including the vast majority of Muslims do not want live under the advice of Islamic fundamentalism and its oligarchs. We all know, and it is common sense that if human beings are given a choice, never chooses any kind of oppression.
The real battle at the global level is, unfortunately, mostly military, active and preventive, rather than ideological or economic.
In other words, while the Islamic fundamentalists were neutralize the ability to attack and conducting large-scale massacres such as those of Sept. 11, Atocha, London, Bali or other so there is little to fear the future. The fundamentalist cause is lost by definition.
Therefore, without downplaying the issue, and although in the short term could still cause much damage, long-term turbulence is not eternal, only temporary, cyclical and demonstrated throughout history. Provided that the conditions that historically have been met, which are not exactly sitting down to await the passing turbulence or giving speeches while politically correct European capitals wake every morning with a new jihad´s cell off, at best, cases.
The trends of today's world, globalization, technology, secularism and basically the universal desire of human beings to live in freedom and participate in public affairs are not likely to be defeated by Islamic fundamentalists who yearn to restore traditions of the century VII. Fundamentalism, regardless of what is heard in the Arab street or in the Western press addicted to it, is rejected by moderate Muslims and will not be able to take hold in this enlightened era in which all religions are in retreat versus progress of science and technology. The caveat is that Islamic fundamentalism was imposed by force. The serious threat posed by Islamic fundamentalism is not so much the attractiveness of its ideology, but the potential eventually to destructive means to try to impose worldwide.
The story is foolproof, since time immemorial, all international and regional conflicts have had repercussions in the Middle East. Noting the region's history from 1870 to today, are clearly identifiable recurring cycles and the like. For complex reasons having to do with religion-government relationship and their political, social and historical, the history of the area is characterized by alternating between periods of calm and instability and deep decline, closely linked and parallel to the alternation of power game that seems to define the tone and reflect the conflict between the two fronts of all time: West and East.
Therefore, the so-called battle "to win the hearts and minds" of Muslims worldwide who want some in the West is waging a futile battle, because the average person, including the vast majority of Muslims do not want live under the advice of Islamic fundamentalism and its oligarchs. We all know, and it is common sense that if human beings are given a choice, never chooses any kind of oppression.
The real battle at the global level is, unfortunately, mostly military, active and preventive, rather than ideological or economic.
In other words, while the Islamic fundamentalists were neutralize the ability to attack and conducting large-scale massacres such as those of Sept. 11, Atocha, London, Bali or other so there is little to fear the future. The fundamentalist cause is lost by definition.
Therefore, without downplaying the issue, and although in the short term could still cause much damage, long-term turbulence is not eternal, only temporary, cyclical and demonstrated throughout history. Provided that the conditions that historically have been met, which are not exactly sitting down to await the passing turbulence or giving speeches while politically correct European capitals wake every morning with a new jihad´s cell off, at best, cases.
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