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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#19450 Post contents: “Saudi Arabia does not allow the construction of Christian churches in the kingdom; why should we allow Saudi money to finance the construction of hotbeds of Islamic radicalism within our borders?” Hey… wait a minute… this is a contradiction of our new political catechism. You know the line – that historically Islam has been much-so-much more tolerant and progressive that evil old Christianity. But much of what we believe about our own past reflects our own gullibility than any historical reality. Look at it this way: In its 1700 years of often bloody history, Christian nations in Europe have periodically driven out groups perceived as dangerous: Jews, Gypsies, Christian sub-sects lacking membership numbers to defend themselves, political upstarts, etc. When those groups evacuated one Christian country, they removed themselves to… some other Christian country. At no time was there a mass migration of Europeans – of whatever ethnic background – to the welcoming, lovey-dovey arms of Islam. Dhimmitude and hostility, if not outright enslavement, would have awaited them. There have been mass migrations throughout human history; this country is the product of many such transplantations. But the laundry list of oppressed groups from the Old Countries washed up on these shores long after North America had been established as a Christian continent. Another point – and this one is really heretical: Perhaps Christian Europe’s persecution of minorities was not as not as relentless and persistent as we’ve been led to believe. There were violent outbursts to be sure, but constant persecution is intolerable to any human being. These groups would have fled as far as they could from any society sharing common particulars of any kind with their nemeses; in those days the main unifying trait running throughout Europe was its dominant religion. To save ourselves from deracinated zombies, to keep from becoming another Kosovo, maybe it’s time to start squashing our au courant fairy tales. Sent at: 2008 11 23