Comments on: Truth and Its Consequences http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/one_hand_clapping/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:18:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The Sanity Inspector http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/one_hand_clapping/comment-page-1/#comment-30834 The Sanity Inspector Sat, 01 Jan 2005 04:08:38 +0000 /?p=8601#comment-30834 Ten per cent want to murder us, and ninety per cent cheer them on. Some diversity! Ten per cent want to murder us, and ninety per cent cheer them on. Some diversity!

]]> By: small dead animals http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/one_hand_clapping/comment-page-1/#comment-30734 small dead animals Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:22:32 +0000 /?p=8601#comment-30734 <strong>Truth And Its Consequences</strong> Via James Joyner this preview of Donald Sensing's upcoming book, tentatively titled Truth and Its Consequences. This war is in fact a religious war all around, even though we of the West generally shun the idea. Unquestionably, though, our Islamist... Truth And Its Consequences
Via James Joyner this preview of Donald Sensing's upcoming book, tentatively titled Truth and Its Consequences. This war is in fact a religious war all around, even though we of the West generally shun the idea. Unquestionably, though, our Islamist...

]]> By: Kappiy http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/one_hand_clapping/comment-page-1/#comment-30716 Kappiy Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:57:18 +0000 /?p=8601#comment-30716 I am not sure how Sensing's regurgitation of Huntington's discredited thesis contributes any insight into the issue of terrorism. Broad distinctions, as Sensing seems to accept, between "the West" and "Islam" ignore both the diversity within those arbitrary categories and the actual consequences of global power that have marked international relations over the past one-hundred and fifty years or so. I would point readers to Jonathan Raban's critical essay on the issue of terrorism in the latest New York Review of Books for a realist interpretation that calls into question the assumptions that seem to guide an ideologue like Sensing. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17676 I am not sure how Sensing's regurgitation of Huntington's discredited thesis contributes any insight into the issue of terrorism. Broad distinctions, as Sensing seems to accept, between "the West" and "Islam" ignore both the diversity within those arbitrary categories and the actual consequences of global power that have marked international relations over the past one-hundred and fifty years or so.

I would point readers to Jonathan Raban's critical essay on the issue of terrorism in the latest New York Review of Books for a realist interpretation that calls into question the assumptions that seem to guide an ideologue like Sensing.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17676

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