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Friday, July 2. 2004
Global Jihad
Last night on the telly, while the commercial channels were beating up a live feed of Saddam Hussein's appearance in court with feeble ad-libbing, the ABC was doing current affairs properly, as usual.
Lateline handled the important bits of the day's news and then provided it's main story; a live interview via satellite with Michael Ware from TIME magazine, in Fallujah (Iraq).
Michael appeared agitated and was stunningly frank. He obviously knows all to well, what many of us at home want to ignore; that Al Qaeda is like a franchise, one that's fueled as much by resentment towards western actions as by extremist Islamic teachings, and the war to prevent the supposed link between Iraq Al Qaeda has now created it.
As Michael put it; "... Now we have the jihad that we say we came here to prevent..."
"They call this a world war until judgment day, maintaining a state of perpetual jihad."
I encourage you to read the transcript. This is very disturbing stuff, but given that individuals are morally responsible for their actions, so it is also for nations.
And our nation (Australia) has played a very active role both in the rhetoric and action of this war, and it looks like we've made things much worse.
This situation reminds me a little of the fall of Constantinople. The west treat the east badly, then look dopey when it all comes apart.
It will most likely take a miracle and not just support from the west for Iraq to become a peaceful stable democracy.
And it's mostly thanks to good ol' fashion Western arrogance. Action without thinking - or prayer for that matter.
And our nation (Australia) has played a very active role both in the rhetoric and action of this war, and it looks like we've made things much worse.
This situation reminds me a little of the fall of Constantinople. The west treat the east badly, then look dopey when it all comes apart.
It will most likely take a miracle and not just support from the west for Iraq to become a peaceful stable democracy.
And it's mostly thanks to good ol' fashion Western arrogance. Action without thinking - or prayer for that matter.
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