Huntington Proven Right Once Again

Published in China Times
(Taiwan) on 03 January 2009
by Unknown (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by John Yu. Edited by .

<p>Edited by Louis Standish</p>

The Arab League has brought to the U.N. a ceasefire request concerning Israel's attack on the Gaza strip, but it has been denied by the United States and England. This is a simple case, but it proves the validity of Samuel P. Huntington's “Clash of Civilizations” theory, and it proves that the Middle East problem is seemingly irresolvable.

The United States' support can be explained by the powerful presence of Israeli voters; what about England? Why do they blindly support Israel?

Actually, the United States and England support Israel because it is their most effective weapon against the Arab countries. They don't want to get their hands dirty, but Israel will always be there to be a crushing weapon against the these nations.

Is this a geo-political strategy? Not necessarily. This is the conflict of Anglo-Saxon Christianity towards Islamic culture, which since the time of the Crusades has yet to be resolved. In his 1993 book “The Clash of the Civilizations,” Huntington predicted that after the Cold War, the next conflict would be between Christian and Islamic culture, because Christianity views Islam as an inferior culture in need of correction, and Islam certainly will not submit to this.

Under the manipulation of neo-conservative Republicans, several U.S. regimes, especially the Bush one, have deeply embraced religious ideology. They have a great ambition to change the Arab world, and the roots of the Iraqi invasion can be traced to religious ideology. Although Egypt has been bought off by the U.S., Jordan has been suppressed politically, and Iraq conquered militarily, this is only the submission of their governments - the Islamic populations remain unchanged. And as long as this situation exists, Anglo-Saxon Christian civilization will never rest, and Israel is forever a thorn in the side of the Arab community.

Called the greatest prophet of this age, Huntington passed away a few days ago. While his 1993 article and even the later great work “The Clash of Civilizations and Remaking of the World Order” clearly predicted this kind of conflict, it unfortunately did not provide a solution or means to end it.


《國際瞭望》再一次驗證了杭亭頓的正確

【時報】
  「阿拉伯聯盟」向聯合國提出,要求以色列停止襲擊迦薩走廊,被 美英兩國否決了,事情就是這樣簡單,但這證明杭亭頓的文明衝突理 論之正確,也證明中東問題似乎永遠沒有辦法解決。

  美國之支持以色列還可以拿猶太裔選民在美國勢力大來解釋,那英 國又如何呢?為什麼也幪著眼睛支持呢?

  其實美國與英國之支持以色列,真正原因乃以色列是對付阿拉伯國 家最有效的武器,在美英不便出手的情況下,以色列永遠是鎮壓阿拉伯世界的武器。

  這是出於地緣政治的戰略利害嗎?未必。這是盎格魯薩克遜的基督 文化對伊斯蘭文化的衝突,自十字軍東征以來,從未融消過的衝突。 杭亭頓在一九九三年發表《文明的衝突?》一文時就預言到冷戰結束 後,將代之以基督文明與伊斯蘭文明的衝突,因為基督文明將伊斯蘭 文明視為次等文化,必須予以改造,而伊斯蘭必不會屈服。

  美國好幾任政府,尤其是布希政府,在共和黨新保守主義者攬權下 ,對宗教道法觀念著力特別深,改造阿拉伯的野心特別大,而入侵伊 拉克可以說是宗教道法主義的濫觴。儘管埃及被美方以經濟手段收買 ,約旦被政治壓服,伊拉克被軍事征服,但那僅是這些國家的政府的 屈服,信奉伊斯蘭的人民並未被改造。而這情形一天存在,盎格魯薩 克遜的基督文明便一天不能鬆手,以色列永遠是屹立在阿拉伯社群中的反伊斯蘭砥柱。

  杭亭頓前幾天去世了,他被稱為當代最偉大的預言家,可惜的是, 一九九三年那篇論文,甚至後來的鉅著《文明衝突與世界秩序的重建 》(曾被譯成卅九種文字)雖然道破也預言了這種衝突,卻未能提出 如何化解或者消除之道。
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