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It’s Divide And Conquer

Just as the diversity within the communist world ultimately made it less threatening, so the many varieties of Islam weaken its ability to coalesce into a single, monolithic foe. It would be even less dangerous if Western leaders recognized this and worked to emphasize such distinctions. Rather than speaking of a single worldwide movement—which absurdly […]

Just as the diversity within the communist world ultimately made it less threatening, so the many varieties of Islam weaken its ability to coalesce into a single, monolithic foe. It would be even less dangerous if Western leaders recognized this and worked to emphasize such distinctions. Rather than speaking of a single worldwide movement—which absurdly lumps together Chechen separatists in Russia, Pakistani-backed militants in India, Shiite warlords in Lebanon and Sunni jihadists in Egypt—we should be emphasizing that all these groups are distinct, with differing agendas, enemies and friends. ~Fareed Zakaria

That sounds familiar.  So the question for Romney, Giuliani, et al., is this: why do you want to strengthen our enemies and fight the war on their terms?  Why does Romney want to help the cause of jihadism with his blundering remarks that “it’s about Shia and Sunni”?  Why does Giuliani want to take us into a jihadi-laid trap?

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