Manu
I think people tend to exagerate the importance of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan in the fight against islamic fundamentalism, just like they used to exagerate the importance of the Vietnam War in the fight against communism
Vietnam was reunified under communist rule and this meant nothing in the grand scheme of things.
The free world lost the battle but the war against communist totalitarianism continued and eventually prevailed.
In the same way, either the US succeeds or fails in its efforts to democratise those two countries, the war against islamic fundamentalist will continue.
In my opinion, islamic fundamentalism will eventually be defeated because the future of our species belong to science and reason and not to religious superstition.
I strongly believe that the course of human history, together with the example provided by the West (America included) and not the US army, will be the ultimate foe the will deliver the final blow on this medieval ideology.
I think people tend to exagerate the importance of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan in the fight against islamic fundamentalism, just like they used to exagerate the importance of the Vietnam War in the fight against communism
Vietnam was reunified under communist rule and this meant nothing in the grand scheme of things.
The free world lost the battle but the war against communist totalitarianism continued and eventually prevailed.
In the same way, either the US succeeds or fails in its efforts to democratise those two countries, the war against islamic fundamentalist will continue.
In my opinion, islamic fundamentalism will eventually be defeated because the future of our species belong to science and reason and not to religious superstition.
I strongly believe that the course of human history, together with the example provided by the West (America included) and not the US army, will be the ultimate foe the will deliver the final blow on this medieval ideology.