OBG is aghast:
Are you suggesting that we change all governments to autocracies to eliminate terrorism? Surely you jest.
Yes, obviously that’s the entire point of my column today. The fact that ignoring national sovereignty and forcibly installing quasi-democratic regimes will not solve the problem of terrorism, but likely make exacerbate it instead, is obviously secondary to my secret dreams of world autocratic revolution.
How synaptically challenged do you have to be to either a) think I’m going to fall for this sort of juvenile disingenuousness, or b) seriously believe everything is utterly bipolar. (As if autocracy and democracy are the two poles in the first place).
The desirability of democracy is completely beside the point if one is pushing democracy on the basis of ending terrorism. The historical facts indicate that democracy not only does not reduce terrorism, but is in fact uniquely vulnerable to it.
My suggestion for ending terrorism is simple. If you don’t want to get stung repeatedly by hornets, then take your hand out of the hornets’ nest! Furthermore, it would be wise to avoid bringing loads of hornet larvae into your house. Since it has become apparent that the USA has no will or desire to directly confront radical expansionist Islam, which may well burn outself out again on its own, Americans who wish to see terrorism brought to an end would do well to stop interfering in Arab-Islamic affairs and leave the Middle East to its own devices.