Bernard Lewis sull'Iraq: il fronte interno e' il vero problema

Bernard Lewis e' stato intervistato da Fred Kemper del WSJ:.
Il professore, uno dei massimi esperti mondiali di storia mediorientale, non e' preoccupato tanto dagli eventi in Iraq quanto da quelli negli USA:

"Mr. Lewis's concern is less about insurgent and terrorist violence and more about growing U.S. domestic opposition to President Bush's Iraq engagement. 'I would describe my position as one of cautious optimism,' he says in an interview. 'My optimism derives from events in the Mideast and my caution derives from observing the United States.'"

Dopo aver analizzato la situazione in Iraq, traccia un paragone storico: ma non con il blocco sovietico, come molti neocon, ma con l'Europa immediatamente prima della Seconda guerra mondiale:

Mr. Lewis [...]compares the threat to Europe at the beginning of World War II.He believes the threat in some respects is greater than even that of the Nazis, as radical Islam is fanatical, violent, global in its reach and enjoys significant support. Beyond that, the terrorists have suicidal tendencies and nuclear potential.
Another difference: The world's will to stand together is much more lacking now than it became then. "If Churchill and his team had to face the same sort of opposition as does President Bush, Hitler might well have won the war," he says.

Il problema, insomma, e' il fronte interno. E non ha per nulla torto, soprattutto visto il diisfattismo e la voglia di Eurabia che serpeggiano soprattutto fra i sinistri e certi europei...