John Hinderocker, Powerline
In my view, the Iraq war was fought, in part, to answer a critical
series of questions. The first was, are Arabs capable of
self-government? A further question was, will helping Arab countries to
build modern, normal, self-governing societies be enough to destroy the
appeal of radical Islam for young Arabs? The effort, in my opinion, had
to be made, and Iraq was the logical, if not the only, place to begin.
At this point, however, it is hard to be optimistic about the results of
that effort. Arab culture is deeply dysfunctional. Expansionist,
homicidal Islam is the most potent ideology in the region. Viewing
events in Egypt, in Syria and now in Iraq, it is hard to optimistic
about the future of any part of the Arab world
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