>
> Actually, I think you have to be careful here. The largest Islamic nation
> in the world is Indonesia. One of the most fundamentalist Islamic nations
> is Saudi Arabia. Close allies both. Certainly foreign policy
> decisions by
> US planners take more into account than religious orientation.
>
> Soren
It's interesting isn't it? Like Milutin, and following on from Huntington's
'Clash of Civilizations', I see that the Islamics have been demonised in the
popular consciousness, just as communism was. But hey, as you rightly
observe, the popular consciousness and its manipulation is a different
reality from strategic captialist imperatives. Vodka Cola has become a Halal
Hamburger - why would we expect any different?
b
bruce sandford
Hamilton 2001
Aotearoa - New Zealand
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