February 7, 2006
Laura Ingraham - Interview with Abdul Hyder
Laura Ingraham is still in Iraq, and on today's show she broadcast an interview with the mayor of an Iraqi village.
Abdul Hyder's English is halting at best, and Laura had a group of American soldiers standing behind her, so his protestations of support for the War on Terror are unlikely to persuade anyone from the anti-war movement. Nonetheless, he had an insight that is worth attention.
When Laura asked him about life after Saddam, Hyder kept using the phrase "going out" to describe the new lifestyle of the Iraqi people, and it occurred to me that perhaps this concept of going out and building a new life is exactly what's at issue here. The great totalitarian ideas of the Twentieth Century-- fascism, socialism, communism-- all seek to build a static world where there are no problems and nothing ever changes. Capitalism is in complete opposition to that world view, because it is about continual growth and change.
Life in Iraq has lost any sense of stasis, and unless a new fascist installs himself at the top, the stasis is not coming back. Iraq is firmly on the road to economic progress, and that's what separates the democracy of Iraq from the democracy of Palestine. Iraq is building roads, hospitals, and schools; Palestine is planning to wipe out Israel. This is not about terrorism, Islam, elections, or weapons of mass destruction. This is about progress.
That's the only perspective that makes any sense.
Respectfully submitted,
Ferdinand T. Cat
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