Tom:
Secondly, we are dealing in a multi-racial, not all Arab culture and climate in the war on terror. A few examples:
1. Pakistanis in the main are not Arabs.
2. Many Afghans also are not Arabs.
3. Iranians in the main absolutely are not Arabs.
We are also dealing in a clash of Muslim cultures, let alone Muslims vs. the rest of the world so to speak.
a. Sunnis and Shia break down into many subsets.
b. An example of a good and effective, moderate Shia subsect are the followers of the Agha Khan, among whose followers I have friends here in the US and back in Pakistan.
c. In a broad sense democracy is not friend of either radical Islam nor in many cases of undemocratic but more moderate Islamic nation states of broader Islam, as the haves will loose out under a democracy in most cases.
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