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Entry: Mr. bin Laden, Meet Mr. Kennan--A New Containment Policy Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/mr_bin_laden_meet_mr_kennan_a_new_containment_policy#19430 Post contents: I’m not surprised that Mr. Richert ignores the issues I raised last month. 1. I asked at that time a series of questions for the religiosity of Albania and Serbia. I got no verifiable answers, though some credible ones. I concluded that both states are secular, and that the conflict is nationalist, not sectarian. 2. There are no people call Kosovars. There is a people called Albanians. They are a folk, not a religion. 3. The KLA is Marxist in origin and now Nationalist in ambition, not sectarian 4. Paleocons are essentially becoming Neocons 1) in having a favorite little country whose irredentist ambitions are disguised as a religious conflict, 2) in advocating a Christian jihad against Islam a la Rev. Hagee, 3) in advocating a Wilsonian campaign against “Islamofascism” (Osama), 4) in Lincoln idolatry and the celebration of centralized states and empires ruling minorities by force, 5) in not having a clue in how to fight 4th Generation War (which is what the conflict with Osama and the conflict in the Balkans is), and 6) not having a child in the respective Serbian Army and the IDF, and sending him instead to Ivy League schools, and expecting someone else’s child to bleed and die. 5. Islam feeds off 1)decadent societies and 2) low birth rates in those societies. Change both and Islam goes away. A risible policy of containment of Islam will work no better than it did in Viet-Nam. We contained Communism by giving the working class a good life. I add: i. The comparison with the SW USA is a false analogy. ii. Aware that tu quoque is also a fallacy, and aware that the Wiki is a questionable source, I still make the point that the the KLA isn’t the only group with dirty hands. Mr. Richert, a Serbian expert, should tell us about the – the Red Berets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Berets, – the Naša Stvar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_mafia , – and the assassins of Zoran Dindic He won’t tell us. I just did. iii. I am in no way supporting the Albanians and their own irredentist ambitions. I am saying, to coin a phrase, the whole mess in the Balkans isn’t worth an American life or an American dollar. iv. I am not denying the danger of certain Islamic sectarians. In #5 above I have said how to deal with them. For the record, I repeat my questions of 19 Feb: 1. What percentage of Albanians and Kososvars attend Friday Mosque services? 2. Do the spires of Minarets dot the cityscapes? Do Muezzins call 5 times a day to prayer? What percentage of the population of Albania and Kosovo practice the Salat? 3. Is alcohol sold in these countries? What is the per capita retail sale? 4. Is pork raised and sold in these countries? What is the per capita retail sale? 5. May a man have 4 wives in these countries? 6. What percentage of the women are veiled in these countries? 7. Is Sharia observed in these countries? Are adulterers stoned? The hands of thieves cut off? 8. What percentage of the population in these countries can read the Islamic sacred texts in their original language? 9. What percentage of the male population in these countries is circumcised? 10. What, according to reliable opinion polls, is the percentage of the population in these countries that support Osama, Sept 11, jihad? Or are members of al-Qaeda? 11. What percentage of the population in these countries have observed the Hajj? Or have made the pilgrimage to Mecca whatsoever? 12. What percentage of the population in these countries confess the Shahadah as their principle and foundation? 13. What percentage of the population in these countries are faithful practitioners of the Zakat? 14. What percentage of the population in these countries practice the Sawm during Ramadan? 15. What percentage of the population in these countries are Shia? Sunni? 16. What percentage of Serbs attend church Sunday? 17. What percentage of Serbs say they are atheists and agnostics? I ask for verifiable citations. Just the facts, Ma’am. Sent at: 2008 09 08