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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
The Arab world is changing from within as well. Cultural influences from the West are getting very pervasive in Arab countries. The old guard decries that as much as we decry their cultural invasion of our countries. Internet access, satelite radio and TV, free travel, etc. are slowly working to "westernize" their culture. Young Arabs are getting increasingly bold about demanding change. After all, "how ya gonna keep 'em on the farm after they seen this...?" They want Western freedoms. Who can blame them?
So what do we do? Wait. Just wait. I think in this great struggle, Western ideaologies will win. They make more sense. It is more of a "natural state" than the Arab ideologies. Nothing has to be hidden or oppressed to engender Western ideals; much has to be to perpetuate Arab. The time will come, as we become more and more "global", where Western culture will "win". Everyone who has ever had a taste of it likes it better than whatever they had before.
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I've said this before elsewhere, but the absolute best strategy against Islamic extremism is to get all the Arab boys and girls f_cking like rabbits - with condoms.
If the US would just put it's best minds to work on getting this done, there would be peace in the valley and you would be golden.