Friday, September 09, 2005
And now, something funny to cheer us all up. The UK Government has steadfastly refused to accept the bombing and killing of uncounted numbers of Iraqi and Afghani civilians has any effect on Islamic extremists attacking people, both here and abroad. "It's just an excuse" they say.
"We must let Turkey join the EU!" Say the UK and US. The Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, warned in a hard-hitting speech that snubbing Ankara's hopes would give ammunition to Islamic extremists, while welcoming it into the EU would help avert a "clash of civilisations" between the Muslim world and the West.
So that's clear. Anything that the UK and US do directly does not fuel Muslim extremism. Anything anybody else does, does.
"We must let Turkey join the EU!" Say the UK and US. The Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, warned in a hard-hitting speech that snubbing Ankara's hopes would give ammunition to Islamic extremists, while welcoming it into the EU would help avert a "clash of civilisations" between the Muslim world and the West.
So that's clear. Anything that the UK and US do directly does not fuel Muslim extremism. Anything anybody else does, does.
