Comments on: Abu Musab Zarqawi, Think Different. (The Muslim Brothers Already Are). http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/02/05/abu-musab-zarqawi-think-different-the-muslim-brothers-already-are.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sonny http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/02/05/abu-musab-zarqawi-think-different-the-muslim-brothers-already-are.html/comment-page-1#comment-13523 Sonny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/02/05/abu-musab-zarqawi-think-different-the-muslim-brothers-already-are.html#comment-13523 <p>Dan, I would agree with you my friend, if Zarqawi was a leader of a legitimate, non-violent movement. Unfortunately, AMZ is a vicious terrorist and a savage that has been responsible for promoting the current chaos in Iraq and the bloodshed of hundreds of innocent Iraqi civilians and our American service members. We have spent countless hours trying to destroy this man. At this point. we don't really care if he thinks differently. Iraq and the world would be a better place if he simply just died.</p> Dan, I would agree with you my friend, if Zarqawi was a leader of a legitimate, non-violent movement. Unfortunately, AMZ is a vicious terrorist and a savage that has been responsible for promoting the current chaos in Iraq and the bloodshed of hundreds of innocent Iraqi civilians and our American service members. We have spent countless hours trying to destroy this man. At this point. we don't really care if he thinks differently. Iraq and the world would be a better place if he simply just died.

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/02/05/abu-musab-zarqawi-think-different-the-muslim-brothers-already-are.html/comment-page-1#comment-13524 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/02/05/abu-musab-zarqawi-think-different-the-muslim-brothers-already-are.html#comment-13524 <p>Sonny,<br /> <br /> Thanks for the comment. I first found your "Effects-Based" blog off of ZenPundit.<br /> <br /> As Tom Barnett has written, one advantage of demonizing our enemies is that it allows enemy groups to switch sides by just knocking off a few villains. The Khmer Rouge pulled this trick in Cambodia -- a quickie execution of Pol Pot, and suddenly the KR is a responsible party in peace negotiations.<br /> <br /> A best-case scenario for Iraq means integrating Sunni Arab parties (such as the IIP) into the Iraqi government, which would then isolate al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. Hopefully, then aQiM would either turn on itself, or "think different" and pull a KR.<br /> <br /> I'm not that optimistic. I think bolstering a Kurdish-Shia government would have been wiser from the start, and that such would still be better.<br /> <br /> Still, the administration has been relatively consistent in its goals, and encouraging IIP-style different thinking is part of that.</p> Sonny,

Thanks for the comment. I first found your “Effects-Based” blog off of ZenPundit.

As Tom Barnett has written, one advantage of demonizing our enemies is that it allows enemy groups to switch sides by just knocking off a few villains. The Khmer Rouge pulled this trick in Cambodia — a quickie execution of Pol Pot, and suddenly the KR is a responsible party in peace negotiations.

A best-case scenario for Iraq means integrating Sunni Arab parties (such as the IIP) into the Iraqi government, which would then isolate al Qaeda in Mesopotamia. Hopefully, then aQiM would either turn on itself, or “think different” and pull a KR.

I'm not that optimistic. I think bolstering a Kurdish-Shia government would have been wiser from the start, and that such would still be better.

Still, the administration has been relatively consistent in its goals, and encouraging IIP-style different thinking is part of that.

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