So leftists a) don't really take the danger of terrorism and
unstable states seriously, and b) people who take the danger
seriously do things like suggest stronger commitment to
multilateral institutions like the UN, considerably greater
resources dedicated to fighting inequity and to support democratic
movements?
Does anyone take this seriously?
I should also say that I have difficulty taking seriously arguments
about West Asia from someone who can write "introducing democracy
and 21st century western values."
The "introducing" makes me recoil on empiricist grounds. That word
alone convinces me that the person does not know whereof he
speaks.
The values would have to be specified in much greater detail for me
to decide whether "Western" is the correct adjective, but in any
case, on tactical grounds, I would suggest that people would be
less suspicious of their claims to universalism if they were not
described as Western.
My own blog is sprinkled with the footnotes to these comments.
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