A play from Natanyahu's playbook - "when your enemies are fighting each other..."
Civilized people across the globe must come together and fight the evil menaces that threaten the global order, but it is imperative that the ones who are charged to lead or who have chosen to take on leadership role remember the value of consistency.
Terrorist groups, Islamic or otherwise are a threat to human civilization. They work to overturn existing orders and re-impose primitive social and political orders. However, in fighting them, we cannot turn a blind eye to atrocities against humanity committed by our "friends" and "allies" or those committed in our backyard.
President Obama's measured, calculated and deliberate approach may seem a bit "too cautious" to some, but the last time we avoided being to cautions, America and the West was led into a quagmire in Iraq whose cost to global stability, human lives and suffering, and fiscal well-being of many nations, particularly, the United States continued to pill up. In a dangerous world, the wise will look foolish in the short term.
The marauding band of bandits under various jihadist names must be stopped both on the battle-field (as they will have it no other way), and in the public sphere (to deny them recruitment and funding). It is a task worth pursuing, but one that must be done with clear head.
Civilized people across the globe must come together and fight the evil menaces that threaten the global order, but it is imperative that the ones who are charged to lead or who have chosen to take on leadership role remember the value of consistency.
Terrorist groups, Islamic or otherwise are a threat to human civilization. They work to overturn existing orders and re-impose primitive social and political orders. However, in fighting them, we cannot turn a blind eye to atrocities against humanity committed by our "friends" and "allies" or those committed in our backyard.
President Obama's measured, calculated and deliberate approach may seem a bit "too cautious" to some, but the last time we avoided being to cautions, America and the West was led into a quagmire in Iraq whose cost to global stability, human lives and suffering, and fiscal well-being of many nations, particularly, the United States continued to pill up. In a dangerous world, the wise will look foolish in the short term.
The marauding band of bandits under various jihadist names must be stopped both on the battle-field (as they will have it no other way), and in the public sphere (to deny them recruitment and funding). It is a task worth pursuing, but one that must be done with clear head.
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