Friday, July 28, 2006
TWO TECHNOLOGIES FOR VICTORY AND PEACE
I am becoming steadily more firm in my conclusion that two technologies hold the only hope for ultimate victory in the growing war with Islam. These are nuclear power and theater missile defense. But for the lack of these two things, the West could do the only thing that will minimize violence with the Islamic world -- disengage from it as much as possible. Two factors require us to remain engaged with the Muslim world: oil and Israel. We have to develop ways to do without the first and to defend the second.
One thing America is good at is developing and implementing technological solutions to problems. And both of these two problems have real, achievable solutions right now. Nuclear power generators can be made safe and they are environmentally friendly. If we started on a crash program to build nuclear generators now, we could tell the Muslim world to stew in their own juices in less than two decades. By 2020, Sunnis and Shiites would be free to slaughter each other and tyrranize their own people to their hearts' content. And we could do it with a good conscience, having tried to do the right thing and getting a resounding slap in the face as a reward. If we had energy independence, we could simply tell the world that no ship that has called at a port in any Muslim country may come into an American port, and call our involvement with the Muslim world a sad but closed chapter. When people that live in those countries are tired of living in the dark ages, they can rejoin the cvilized world. But not until then.
As for Israel, it can and should be turned into a sole fortress outpost and defended. Israel should simply seal its land borders and protect its skies with lasers and missile interceptors. There can never be peace between Israel and the Muslim world. We have to make a choice. We should choose Israel and do what is required to turn it into a secure place. Beyond that, nothing.
Is there any chance of this happening? No, of course not. But I do believe it is possible.
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 9:16 PM
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