Comments on: The Gap (Friends and Enemies) http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/11/the-gap-friends-and-enemies.html High-minded, fanatically malthusian perspectives Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: purpleslog http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/11/the-gap-friends-and-enemies.html/comment-page-1#comment-14348 purpleslog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/11/the-gap-friends-and-enemies.html#comment-14348 <p>I have been thinking about a third strategy for shrinking the gap (especially if by gap we mean the gap as Africa/Islamic world). <br /> <br /> I think the center of gravity of the active enemy (aka islamofascists) should also be attacked. <br /> <br /> I think that CoG is Islam or Allah-belief. <br /> <br /> The blowback (both internal and external) of a direct attack of islamic/Allah beliefs would be great. <br /> <br /> So, I think it would need to be a 5GW effort to at least lessen/weaken islamic/allah beliefs over the long term. I will post details later this week or next.</p> I have been thinking about a third strategy for shrinking the gap (especially if by gap we mean the gap as Africa/Islamic world).

I think the center of gravity of the active enemy (aka islamofascists) should also be attacked.

I think that CoG is Islam or Allah-belief.

The blowback (both internal and external) of a direct attack of islamic/Allah beliefs would be great.

So, I think it would need to be a 5GW effort to at least lessen/weaken islamic/allah beliefs over the long term. I will post details later this week or next.

]]> By: purpleslog http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/11/the-gap-friends-and-enemies.html/comment-page-1#comment-14346 purpleslog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/11/the-gap-friends-and-enemies.html#comment-14346 <p>The Democratic Party today is Wallace's, not Truman's. Until a new Truman emerges and shapes the democratic party, I am pessimistic about the USA's ability to come together and shrink the the GAP.</p> The Democratic Party today is Wallace's, not Truman's. Until a new Truman emerges and shapes the democratic party, I am pessimistic about the USA's ability to come together and shrink the the GAP.

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/11/the-gap-friends-and-enemies.html/comment-page-1#comment-14347 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/11/the-gap-friends-and-enemies.html#comment-14347 <p>Purpleslog,<br /> <br /> Ultimately we should be able to move up most of the Seam through the Reverse Domino Effect, trusting economic determinism (and the lack of local al Qaeda sympathizers) to do their magic.<br /> <br /> The AfroIslamic Gap is a much deeper problem, and I wonder how much groups like Enterra will help, or what precisely they will do...</p> Purpleslog,

Ultimately we should be able to move up most of the Seam through the Reverse Domino Effect, trusting economic determinism (and the lack of local al Qaeda sympathizers) to do their magic.

The AfroIslamic Gap is a much deeper problem, and I wonder how much groups like Enterra will help, or what precisely they will do…

]]> By: Dan tdaxp http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/11/the-gap-friends-and-enemies.html/comment-page-1#comment-14349 Dan tdaxp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/06/11/the-gap-friends-and-enemies.html#comment-14349 <p>Purpelslog,<br /> <br /> The Islamic aspect of the Gap is real, and the umma now is infected not just with al Qaeda, but with the diseases that made al Qaeda possible.<br /> <br /> As Tony Blair has said, we must be tough on terrorism, and on the causes of terrorism.<br /> <br /> Likewise, your solution agrees with Tom Barnett's prediction that the United States will have to do more system-level fighting.<br /> <br /> The big problem you have is of timeline. The length of religious struggles is significantly longer than the length of even "Long Wars." Think of the centuries of the Christian struggle against Rome [1], or even the century of the First Three Crusades (1095-1192).<br /> <br /> Of course, it can be done. The Arab Caliphate successfully imposed an economic blockade around western Europe that destroyed the last of Romanitas.<br /> <br /> [1] <a href="http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/03/30/jesusism-paulism-introduction-the-revolution-of-early-christ.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/03/30/jesusism-paulism-introduction-the-revolution-of-early-christ.html</a></p> Purpelslog,

The Islamic aspect of the Gap is real, and the umma now is infected not just with al Qaeda, but with the diseases that made al Qaeda possible.

As Tony Blair has said, we must be tough on terrorism, and on the causes of terrorism.

Likewise, your solution agrees with Tom Barnett's prediction that the United States will have to do more system-level fighting.

The big problem you have is of timeline. The length of religious struggles is significantly longer than the length of even “Long Wars.” Think of the centuries of the Christian struggle against Rome [1], or even the century of the First Three Crusades (1095-1192).

Of course, it can be done. The Arab Caliphate successfully imposed an economic blockade around western Europe that destroyed the last of Romanitas.

[1] http://www.tdaxp.com/archive/2006/03/30/jesusism-paulism-introduction-the-revolution-of-early-christ.html

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