Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:16:48 AM
"In the face of the continuing threats of global Islamist terrorism and the challenge of Islamism, the ideology of "Non-Interventionism" is offered by its adherents as a panacea that will provide peace in our time. Instead of defining the enemy and developing a strategy to combat them, Non-Interventionists seek to get Americans to abandon our values, turn on our allies, pretend that the enemy will leave us alone if we merely change our foreign policy, ignore the interconnected nature of modern globalism, and ignore what the enemies of freedom seek to achieve in the world."
Jeffrey Imm
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Jihad, Islamism, and Non-Interventionism
By Jeffrey Imm
As seen in two recent books by counterterrorism analysts, the ideology of Non-Interventionism is gaining popularity with a segment of the American public. While Non-Interventionist ideology plays off the frustrations of some of the American public with America's handling of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is the wrong answer to the confusion over global
Jihad and
Islamism. Two recently-released books by counterterrorism analysts offer a panacea of Non-Interventionism ideology: Michael Scheuer's
"Marching Toward Hell - America and Islam After Iraq", and Marc Sageman's
"Leaderless Jihad". The Non-Interventionist ideology represented by these authors does not critically examine the role of political Islamism in
Islamist terrorism; therefore the authors conclude that an appeasement approach towards Islamism will improve American national security.
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