Comments for Spectator: No more Pax Americana at http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:10:52 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/news-watch/war-on-terror/spectator-no-more-pax-americana.html#comment-722 Here is my letter to the Spectator, David Selbourne ('No more Pax Americana') extensively cites Edmund Burke in arguing, and I would add quite rightly, the ultimate demise of the American Empire. However he contrasts the noble objectives of the founders of America with the less than noble goals of Islamists who wish to ‘subjugate’ the world, thus endorsing the rhetoric of Bush and Blair who link any call for the Caliphate to ‘evil’. Burke argued “that each nation has a character peculiar to itself, and that it should be respected in all of England’s dealing with it”. The Islamic world desires to develop a civilisation built upon the ‘character’ of the majority of the people, and that is Islam. Far from being a ‘subjugating force’, Islam had developed an enlightened and successful approach to economy, governance, science, religious tolerance and culture that history testifies to. A return to Islamic polity is on the horizon, the question is will Britain deal with it with respect, as Burke wisely argues, or continue to demonise it. - jalal Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:02:17 +0100