The Devil Made Me

There's a lot on the blogs about Islamic Fascism. It seems like one of those inflammatory words, intended for a purpose that fail to produce their purpose. Is it just another example of "dignified" name-calling? You might know that with all the religious name-calling, the devil would get involved. Is there a devil in the Muslim religion? Hmmmmm... Are we pissed at the Islamic Atheists?

I copied the following from an interesting blog. The entire post, including the 14 points of Fascism, can be read by clicking the hyper link.

Geoffrey Nunberg is the author of Talking Right, a book about politics and language. In today's LA Times, Nunberg says Bush doesn't really know what he's talking about. Bush has used the term before, but the current use of the phrase signaled that the administration was shopping for new language to defend its policies at a time when the evocations of the "war on terror" don't seem to stem rising doubts about the wisdom of "staying the course" in Iraq.

Nunberg rightly says that this administration is attempting to link its "War on Terror" to World War II, the last "just war." He quotes Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) from last month, as he raised the specter of the Islamists' dreams of "a new, global caliphate where Islamic fascism will rule mankind," and he reminded the audience that "we had no problem understanding that Nazism and fascism were evil racist empires. We must now bring the same clarity to the war against Islamic fascism."By lumping ex-Baathists, Al Qaeda and Shiite mullahs; Chechens and Kashmiris; Hezbollah, Hamas, British-born Asians, and the ACLU together as Islamo-Fascists, the neo-cons are attempting to turn the complexity of the world into a simple fable. (Perhaps they'll call it "My Pet Goat.")But what is Fascism? Well, The Project for an OLD American Century lists the 14 points of fascism.

Is it appropriate to pray for the devil? Maybe war and religion should be separated?

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