Comments on: Whom Do You (Objectively) Serve? (II) http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/11/10/whom-do-you-objectively-serve-ii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whom-do-you-objectively-serve-ii n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Imzak http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/11/10/whom-do-you-objectively-serve-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-34147 Imzak Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:54:21 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10275#comment-34147 "Iran is the one country in the Islamic would that has the potential to be a functioning secular democracy and an anti-islamist radical one at that." Shia theology is too ingrained in the Iranian psyche, along with the Persian cultural traditions of yearly mourning. Iran will never be secular, not in 50 years and not in 500 years. Muslims and secularism do not go together. If a Muslim is secular, then he/she is no longer a Muslim. “Iran is the one country in the Islamic would that has the potential to be a functioning secular democracy and an anti-islamist radical one at that.”

Shia theology is too ingrained in the Iranian psyche, along with the Persian cultural traditions of yearly mourning. Iran will never be secular, not in 50 years and not in 500 years.

Muslims and secularism do not go together. If a Muslim is secular, then he/she is no longer a Muslim.

]]> By: Northern Observer http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/11/10/whom-do-you-objectively-serve-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-34134 Northern Observer Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:31:48 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10275#comment-34134 Iran is the one country in the Islamic would that has the potential to be a functioning secular democracy and an anti-islamist radical one at that. This is a 50 to 100 year project. The question is how do you get there from here, but I am with you in that invasion, bombing and sactions will probably not work. This is all of the neo con school of FP governing idea that we confronted the USSR into oblivion so we can confront any ennemy of the USA into oblivion school. (oh and every FP issue is 38/Munich) I think their facts and arguments are bunk. Iran is the one country in the Islamic would that has the potential to be a functioning secular democracy and an anti-islamist radical one at that. This is a 50 to 100 year project. The question is how do you get there from here, but I am with you in that invasion, bombing and sactions will probably not work. This is all of the neo con school of FP governing idea that we confronted the USSR into oblivion so we can confront any ennemy of the USA into oblivion school. (oh and every FP issue is 38/Munich) I think their facts and arguments are bunk.

]]> By: Grumpy Old Man http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2009/11/10/whom-do-you-objectively-serve-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-34126 Grumpy Old Man Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:48:53 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=10275#comment-34126 Melanie Phillips is an utter loon. Melanie Phillips is an utter loon.

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