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At least according to Steve Chapman. But if he did return, it appears some people would propose negotiation and diplomacy.

If you believe this article, Steve Chapman thinks it’s possible to negotiate with Syria and Hezbollah. Here’s the proof:

“Militant Islam is not one phenomenon but many. Iraqi Shiites and Sunnis, far from being peas in a pod, are at war with each other. You can’t barter with Osama bin Laden, but you may be able to negotiate with Syria or even Hezbollah. Persisting with the war in Iraq is more likely to undermine than advance the fight against al Qaeda.”

What proof can Mr. Chapman offer that suggests it’s possible to negotiate with Hezbollah? This isn’t just delusional thinking on his behalf. It’s the type of thinking that will get people killed. This isn’t appeasement on his behalf but there isn’t a big difference between this and appeasement in terms of end results.

This isn’t the only poor judgement Mr. Chapman makes in the article either:

Last week, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld went to the American Legion convention and likened critics of our policy to those who discounted the threat posed by Nazism. The threat of “a new type of fascism,” he argued, is just as great as the one posed by Hitler and Mussolini.

I’d like Mr. Chapman to explain to me why international terrorists aren’t as big a threat to civilization as Hitler’s Germany. I’d like him to explain why Mahmoud Ahmadinejad getting a nuclear weapon isn’t a bigger threat to Western civilization than Mussolini was. When he can explain that in detail, then I’ll take his advice to heart.

UPDATE:
HotAir: “Good News & Bad News from Iraq”

Technorati: Hitler, Islamofascism, Ahmadinejad

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

This entry was posted on Sunday, September 3rd, 2006 at 11:30 am and is filed under Author: Gary Gross, Iraq, Middle East, Terrorism. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.