Comments on: RELIGION AND IMPERIALISM http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/religion_and_imperialism/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:05:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: MommaBear http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/religion_and_imperialism/comment-page-1/#comment-396 MommaBear Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=1340#comment-396 An line from old song in "South Pacific" is still very pertinent: 'They've got to be taught to hate'. Separating the hatred that erupts from fundamentalist Islamic teachings from any contaminating contact with civil government is a surgical task of the highest order. If that can be accomplished, then there is a good chance that a secular form of government can survive and flourish in Iraq. --- An line from old song in "South Pacific" is still very pertinent: 'They've got to be taught to hate'.

Separating the hatred that erupts from fundamentalist Islamic teachings from any contaminating contact with civil government is a surgical task of the highest order. If that can be accomplished, then there is a good chance that a secular form of government can survive and flourish in Iraq.

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