tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235303708202109019.post8062644966174479306..comments2023-12-13T12:36:55.729-08:00Comments on Phronesis / {fro-nay-sis}: ISLAMOPHOBIA IS PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF ISLAMIST EXTREMISTSPHRONESIShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07591076303642667442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235303708202109019.post-48833167725590347092015-12-02T13:54:06.633-08:002015-12-02T13:54:06.633-08:00I find it strange that the word "containment&...I find it strange that the word "containment" never enter the policy discussion on how to deal with the Middle East morass and ISIS, in particular. I tend to disagree that US policy created the problems in Syria, Libya and Yemen (you could throw in Egypt) - unless you want to give us credit for the so-called "Arab spring." The evolution of the uprisings against these autocratic regimes seem to be taking a very familiar course. The first step in the fall of the Romanovs was the formation of a somewhat democratic, but short-lived, Provisional Government. As might have been expected in a nation with little or no familiarity with democratic governing, it relatively quickly transformed into the Stalinist USSR, which lasted about 70 years before somewhat democratic currents led to its demise. I submit that the policy of containment worked to allow those currents to flow. Of course, it is yet to be a Western-style democracy (perhaps never will be), but Putin is no Stalin (certain US press characterizations notwithstanding), not even Brezhnev. The point is these things take time. The problem is to figure out the equivalent of that containment policy in today's world -- one that will work against a stateless (so far) adversary. Hopefully, Americans will have the patience to pursue it. Jim Dubbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235303708202109019.post-3986392625443735992015-11-25T18:02:08.851-08:002015-11-25T18:02:08.851-08:00"The presidential hopefuls seem to be in a co..."The presidential hopefuls seem to be in a competition to see who can be the most Islamophobic. Who will be the first to call for Muslim internment camps..."<br /><br />If former presidential hopefuls count, that would be Gen. Wesley Clark, 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate... *before* the Paris attacks.<br /><br />http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/7/the-frightening-new-proposal-to-intern-muslim-citizens.html<br />Wesnoreply@blogger.com