Taking on evil
Darfur. Sudan. Once purely an African nation, now an Arab nation, with armed Arab Janjaweed militia killing native (ie, non-Muslim, non-Arab) people. Not content to take responsibility for its own actions, the Sudanese government is blaming Jews and Israel for its violence. So, what is to be done for the thousands suffering from this new Holocaust?
Right and wrong are ethical decisions, good and evil are moral ones. Looking forward, the suffering and conflict will continue unless some intervention is done. But the intervention must be successful or at least better than the status quo. Can that be guaranteed in the post-Iraq War world?
Liberals say that Iraq has reduced our credibility, but DocBrain thinks that Iraq has shown the resolve of those opposed to peace rather than our lack of credibility. In the politically correct world of "nice war", we cannot win against a foe who does not fight as we do. The British lost to the revolutionary army mainly because of sneaky tactics, not because they were outgunned or outmanned.
Perhaps Islam is a peaceful religion, perhaps not. It is not important. What DocBrain sees is that, just as some blacks hide their evil behind cries of "white racism", some Muslims hide their evil behind finger pointing at Jews, Israel, Danish comic writers, the Pope, America, Britain, and George Bush, to name a few. Some politicians hide their desire for power behind criticism of our country and our president. So, we wind up with Democrats, politically biased professors, and liberals pointing fingers at our country and George Bush for trying to do the right thing but failing, and Islamofascists pointing their finger at America and George Bush because they are afraid he might succeed. Just as some people back their own kind against outsiders in a primitive xenophobic fashion, so we see some blacks backing evildoers because they are a "brother" and some Muslims backing evildoers because they are Muslim. This crazy approach leads to the concept of the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and the schizophrenic situation of blacks in America sympathizing with Muslims who, in Africa, are killing, torturing, raping and starving the native blacks. Similarly, you get schizophrenic American Jews siding with extremist Arabs who have killed women and children for just being Jewish. Furthermore, liberals are drawn into support of Muslims, who, if given the power, would end many of the cherished and hard fought for rights that liberals enjoy.
If you believe that the trifecta of evil is White, Christian/Conservative, and Male, then you will come at this issue from one position. If you believe the White, Christian/Conservative Male sees all that is different from him as evil, then you will react similarly. This painting of evil flies well in the non-white world and in the liberal world. As in all great fictions and conspiracies, it cannot be disproven and does contain a kernel of truth. It is the one fiction that unites multiple factions here and abroad.
Liberals demand that the Bush administration lead the UN into doing something in Darfur, even though there is apathy in most countries to action. DocBrain believes that this apathy is due to a lack of moral fiber combined with a lack of compassion. What is preventing liberal sons and daughters in America from becoming "soldiers of fortune" in Darfur? I believe that if liberals in America would move past their stereotypic biases to become more logical in their determination of good and evil, right and wrong, they would be able to actuate positive changes in the world.
Once upon a time, it indeed was the White, Christian/Conservative Man who had the biases that caused untold suffering. Now it is the irrational, unforgiving, backwards looking, reaction to this past that is causing, or at least aiding and abetting, the suffering. Time for good and right minded people to move on before evil triumphs.
Right and wrong are ethical decisions, good and evil are moral ones. Looking forward, the suffering and conflict will continue unless some intervention is done. But the intervention must be successful or at least better than the status quo. Can that be guaranteed in the post-Iraq War world?
Liberals say that Iraq has reduced our credibility, but DocBrain thinks that Iraq has shown the resolve of those opposed to peace rather than our lack of credibility. In the politically correct world of "nice war", we cannot win against a foe who does not fight as we do. The British lost to the revolutionary army mainly because of sneaky tactics, not because they were outgunned or outmanned.
Perhaps Islam is a peaceful religion, perhaps not. It is not important. What DocBrain sees is that, just as some blacks hide their evil behind cries of "white racism", some Muslims hide their evil behind finger pointing at Jews, Israel, Danish comic writers, the Pope, America, Britain, and George Bush, to name a few. Some politicians hide their desire for power behind criticism of our country and our president. So, we wind up with Democrats, politically biased professors, and liberals pointing fingers at our country and George Bush for trying to do the right thing but failing, and Islamofascists pointing their finger at America and George Bush because they are afraid he might succeed. Just as some people back their own kind against outsiders in a primitive xenophobic fashion, so we see some blacks backing evildoers because they are a "brother" and some Muslims backing evildoers because they are Muslim. This crazy approach leads to the concept of the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and the schizophrenic situation of blacks in America sympathizing with Muslims who, in Africa, are killing, torturing, raping and starving the native blacks. Similarly, you get schizophrenic American Jews siding with extremist Arabs who have killed women and children for just being Jewish. Furthermore, liberals are drawn into support of Muslims, who, if given the power, would end many of the cherished and hard fought for rights that liberals enjoy.
If you believe that the trifecta of evil is White, Christian/Conservative, and Male, then you will come at this issue from one position. If you believe the White, Christian/Conservative Male sees all that is different from him as evil, then you will react similarly. This painting of evil flies well in the non-white world and in the liberal world. As in all great fictions and conspiracies, it cannot be disproven and does contain a kernel of truth. It is the one fiction that unites multiple factions here and abroad.
Liberals demand that the Bush administration lead the UN into doing something in Darfur, even though there is apathy in most countries to action. DocBrain believes that this apathy is due to a lack of moral fiber combined with a lack of compassion. What is preventing liberal sons and daughters in America from becoming "soldiers of fortune" in Darfur? I believe that if liberals in America would move past their stereotypic biases to become more logical in their determination of good and evil, right and wrong, they would be able to actuate positive changes in the world.
Once upon a time, it indeed was the White, Christian/Conservative Man who had the biases that caused untold suffering. Now it is the irrational, unforgiving, backwards looking, reaction to this past that is causing, or at least aiding and abetting, the suffering. Time for good and right minded people to move on before evil triumphs.
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