SamSaid!

There are between 20-30 Muslim Principalities, KINGDOMs or Countries in the world,spreading across Northern Africa and Southern Asia from Morocco to Indonesia. They may have their individuial differences, but all of them to one extent or another have one thing in common — i.e., a Bi-Polar power structure. One is secular, the other is religious. In some cases their relationship can be chummy and cooperative; other cases they may be strongly combative and downright hostile to each other.

The secular power base is the Government, the Military, the Professional class, the Treasury, Economic control, Industrialists, Traders etc. The other is comprised of the Mullahs, the Ayatollahs and other leaders of Islam, the Educators, etc. The Secular leaders manage the country; the clerics control the culture and the minds of the citizens. But as differences arise between religious and secular leaders,it is the Koran that controls. Rather than square off in combat, the relationship between the Muslim secular and religious leaders comes down to Operation Back Scratch. They respect each other's turf, but when push comes to shove, the Ayatollas of Islam prevail.

Many westerners are willing to look other way when it comes to giving Islam the benefit of the doubt in qualifying as a great religion, but should they? Just ask yourself this simple question: While Saddam Hussein gassed the Kurds, Iranians, and Kuwaitis, what did the mullahs have to say? While he mass murdered Iraqi citizens my the thousands upon thousands, what did the Ayatollahs have to say? While he and his satraps milked the oil revenues for their own bank accounts as well as those of friends, military officers and political partners, what the the leaders of Islam have to say? Answer to all of the preceding?

Nothing. Nada. Just what kind of religion is it that allows and even praises this kind of behavior? And Saddam was not alone as a beneficiary of Islam riches and indulgence. And that is why the Iraqi war is such a mess. We can conquer the secular half of the equation with our military might. But what about the religious side of the populace? In my view, this war will go on and on until the Ayatollahs and Mullahs decided to call a halt to the killing. That is the very tough part of this struggle.

Rush Limbaugh may be scorned by the left wingers, but he is right, “Make no mistake, we are in a religious war” Saddams may come and go, but the Koran zealots remain. Generals can surrender; Ayatollahs do not.