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The euphemistic treatment of Islamism dating from 9/11 and GWB’s “war on terror” actually began the charade of not calling radical Islam what it is. An antediluvian death cult dedicated to destruction of any non believers. He first called his operation the Crusade against terror or something like that. The word crusade was dropped when it was criticized as being anti-Islamic due to its reference to The Crusades. It is beyond time to call Islamism what it is, a danger to mankind. The Left has used Islamophobia exactly as they use the race card regarding non caucasians when they are being criticized. Political correctness needs to be sent to the dustbin unless we all have a death wish.

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The indoctrination of youth in the Muslim world, and even here in the United States, has troubled me too. I had hoped that globalism might actually improve the situation, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar seeing that there was both economic and intellectual value in tempering their Medieval beliefs. MBS gives the impression that he'd like to live in a less confrontational world, and women do drive in Saudia Arabia now. But the religious teachings are still tribal and bloodthirsty. And don't even get me started on Iran and the Houthis.

But globalism is diminishing in influence and whatever replaces it will possibly lead to increasing tribalism worldwide. Unless we in the west (north-west?) come up with a viable alternative to globalism, something that is not the zero-sum game that Islam represents, I don't see a peaceful resolution to our present evolution.

Thank you for starting this discussion, Roger/Sheryl. We as a nation with a new administration coming into office, and as leader of the western world, need (as you say) to start developing a new Grand Strategy. Does Marco Rubio have what it takes to move the State Department in that direction? Will the people staffing that department allow him to do so?

We should know by this time next year. Wish us luck -- we'll need plenty of that.

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