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A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION

him to tyranny. What made Saddam a bloody dictator was the

Ba'thist ideology and the fascist culture that sought to resolve all
issues with force or even bloodshed. A comprehensive education
campaign and enlightened policies are needed if the Arab world
is to be cleansed of this ideology and culture, both of which must
make way for a civilized generation and people who are com-
passionate, loving, and humanitarian, as required by Islamic

morality. In a society that practices this morality, such problems
will not be encountered.
It must not be forgotten that this provocative ideology and
culture does not just exist in Baghdad, but also is found in many
other regions—often under the guise of religion. Its real solution

lies in telling people of the true religious morality in an effective
way.

Achieving Law and Order
Achieving Law and Order

It is highly probable that the Iraqi invasion will cause wide-
ranging and prolonged instability in the Middle East. It appears
that circles with influence over American policy at the period
when the invasion started wanted to rearrange the whole Middle
East, and even the Caucasus and Southeast Asia, if necessary, by
war. Some members of the then American administration ex-

pressed the view that "America could take action against '40-50
countries'," by which they divulged such plans. 32 Irving Kristol,
a PNAC participant, argued that "it is always a positive sign
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when the American people are prepared to go to war, which is
another example of this mentality. All of this means that even

those who devise these plans will probably not live long enough
to see the end of this continued state of war.

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