tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post2463997079349242873..comments2023-11-05T01:45:58.784-07:00Comments on The Hesperado: “Frontpage Watch”: Exhibit Three: Kathy ShaidleHesperadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post-52560836868826404262010-12-27T17:33:34.896-08:002010-12-27T17:33:34.896-08:00Putin's politics are based on expediency and n...Putin's politics are based on expediency and necessity.<br /><br />Beslan & the multiple attacks in Moscow and around the country have caused the Ruskies quite a few headaches, among them condemnation from the "International community" over the war in Chechnya, which he tried to stop by putting this mass-murdering Kadyrov in power.<br /><br />Putin is well aware of the monster in his backyard, as you can see here:<br /><br />Putin: ‘Wouldn’t give 10 kopecks for the health of somebody who disrespects the Koran’<br /><br />Putin also said this:<br /><br />If you are a Christian, you are in danger. Even if you are an atheist, you are in danger, and if you decide to convert to Islam, this will not save you, either, because traditional Islam is inimical to the conditions and objectives set by the terrorists.<br /><br />Continue reading (Moscow Times)sheik yer'mamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13149368160897370767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post-66391396666263313942008-12-31T20:20:00.000-08:002008-12-31T20:20:00.000-08:00Nobody, "There are those rightly suspicious of Rus...Nobody, <BR/><BR/>"There are those rightly suspicious of Russian motives..."<BR/><BR/>I agree with you. My main grievance of my essay was directed at those who try to use Russian malfeasance (whether inept or corrupt, or both) as a part of a way to put the onus of explaining Islamic pathology on factors other than the Muslims -- here, the Russians. To me it's a separate issue whether Russians themselves may be exploiting Muslims for their own ends. That reflects poorly on the Russians and is not relevant to what should be our already determined anti-Islam stance. So if a country like Russia or China is using Muslims to leverage advantage for themselves, of course that should be deemed as a breach of the "you're either with us or against us" principle, which stands irrespective of Bush's wavering enforcement of it.<BR/><BR/>Of course, any "deeming" presupposes a context where there is even a part of the West that is sufficiently awake to the problem of Islam, and since that context does not yet exist, it (the "deeming") remains a matter of theoretical principle awaiting sane and rational realization.Hesperadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394374828751466705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29566846.post-8539219085688252442008-12-31T10:03:00.000-08:002008-12-31T10:03:00.000-08:00I agree with you that support for Israel and Serbi...I agree with you that support for Israel and Serbia ought to be non-negotiable. I'm in 2 minds on Russia. Their double-faced attitude when it comes to dealing with Islam - cracking down on the Chechens and other Islamic groups within Russia while helping Iran and Syria with their nukes, gives many in the AIM cause for pause. There are those rightly suspicious of Russian motives, which are aimed not just at Chechens but also the likes of Georgia and Ukraine, which have nothing to do with the AIM. OTOH, I'm not at all comfortable about the West cozying up with the Chechens or Islamic advocacy groups in Russia as part of any attempts to undermine the Kremlin, even if I may be okay with, say, Western criticism of Russian interference in Georgia.<BR/><BR/>How should the AIM deal with cases like Russia and China, that play both ends?Nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936731686633423188noreply@blogger.com