"What gives us the right to assume that every nation would be better under a ‘democratic’ system when, historically, most of those nations have never had such systems and, indeed, have survived precisely because they have not had such systems? What gives us the right to interfere with another nation’s internal affairs, particularly when our own countries are in such a mess? How long can the West, economically and morally, assert their self-delusion of superiority?"

Scribbler.

Very perspicacious.

Davi

>>What is the world's most powerful and violent "ism"? >>

Remember the 1989 fatwa against Salman Rushdie for a book that "insulted Islam?"

See: Remember new convert to Islam Cat Stevens calling for the murder of Rushdie?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-wjxwpvqps

Remember the "Danish cartoon riots" and the threats against cartoonists?

Here are some updated versions of how Muslims react to perceived insults against Islam:

Channel 4 cancels screening of film questioning Islam's origins

>>Broadcaster calls off event at its HQ citing security fears after documentary Islam: The Untold Story drew 1,000 complaints>>

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/sep/11/channel-4-cancels-screening-islam

>>The channel said in a statement on Tuesday: "Having taken security advice we have reluctantly cancelled a planned screening of the programme, Islam: The Untold Story. We remain extremely proud of the film, which is still available to view on 4oD.">>

And:

Protesters attack U.S. diplomatic compounds in Egypt, Libya

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/12/world/meast/egpyt-us-embassy-protests/

>>An armed man waves his rifle as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames after being set on fire inside the U.S. Consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya, late on Tuesday, September 11. An armed mob protesting a film they said offended Islam attacked the consulate in Benghazi and set fire to the building, killing one American staff member,..>>

And all this in the past week.

Question:

Why are so many Afghan Hazaras fleeing to Australia?

Who are they fleeing from?

John,

Its far more complex.

Liberalism as you depict it was on its knees due to the cold war, Asian competition and other ECONOMIC stresses before Reagan invented PONZI scheme LIBERALISM.

Take the PONZI (think QE=printing money to buy 3rd world valuavble goods for near nothing OR immigrating cheap votes and labour while making apathetic citizens pay MORE for YOUR pleasure) out of modern Liberalism and the whole vector solution bundle of current economic and political turbulences becomes much more well-behaved.

But who is going to tell the US it is STEALING when it prints money and AFTER you do that who is going to tell the world's women that they are NOT allowed to have more than one child per lifetime because the WORLD cannot afford redundant kids in the cold hard economic light of a non-PONZI schemed world?

This is a typical crisis situation.

We always know two things about a crisis situation

1. Solutions WILL become well behaved. Economic and political turbulence along with infinite reproductive ambitions is unaffordable and wasteful of scarce resources.
2. WAR is the necessary condition to remove global turbulence