I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE BIT
Aziz Poonwalla is a well-known and highly regarding blogger. Sharp, witty and well-informed, Aziz blogs from the perspective of a moderate Muslim, anti-jihadist and anti-mullahcracy. But now he's gone and repeated a blood libel against Israel concerning rumors that it is working on a WMD that can discriminate between Jews and Arabs. Such a project is theoretically possible, but so technically difficult and so beyond the bounds of reason that it amounts to equating Israel with a genocidal state of the last century. It's an awful, terrible thought that shouldn't see the light of day on a "moderate" Muslim--or anyone else's--blog.That post has spawned a conflagration that's enraged bloggers across the spectrum--it even brought one blogger out of retirement to post comments.
Here's why I don't like this, and why I'm posting this little note: Moderate Muslims, you are in some ways our only hope. We can't run your countries for you. We can, within certain limits, only kick out the madmen oppressing you, killing you and enslaving you. Once we've done that, and helped you back on your feet, it's up to you to keep the Islamists from seizing power and starting up the jihad again. It's up to you to build a culture that respects individual rights, religious rights, the rights of free association and all of the other rights that make up a viable civilization and that therefore don't wage holy wars against the West. We can't do that for you, as much as we'd like to if for no other reason than to keep from repeating 9-11 and the wars that have followed it. We can help, but ending the war is really your responsibility.
If "moderate" Muslims buy into the blood libels against Israel as Aziz' post indicates, our only hope is no hope at all, other than more war, more death, more destruction, until one side defeats the other completely. If that's the case, better your countries get destroyed than ours. It's that simple, and that's how we'll fight. Trust me.











