No Replacement For Displacement

Combustible Boy is trying to make the case to the left(more accurately the far left) that there are good, strong reasons to go to war in Iraq. He states:

I've decided to go back through old blogs and other information sources I've saved in an effort to try to get together what you might call The Bleeding Heart's Guide to Combating Islamism -- a relatively small online tract or pamphlet of writings that would make the arguments in favor of fighting that ideology, but do so in language that is sensitive to the tendency of of liberal-leaning sorts to look at these things in terms of multiculturalism and postcolonialism[More accurately anticolonialism--JB].

In a just and right world, he should have no problem making his case, because Islamofascists are wildly monocultural, and fervently believe in colonialism. The problem is that to the far left, such terms as multiculturalism and anticolonialism only apply to the first world, aka white people. To demand of Islamofascists that they respect the wishes of religious minorities in their own countries is only forcing our Western values upon an oppressed people in the eyes of the left. To demand that the Saudis give equal rights to women is being judgemental towards Moslems.

Finally, there is a knee-jerk absolutist anti-Americanism among the left. This creates a giant Jersey Barrier between what they should believe if they took their own views seriously, and what they really believe. The left will not under no circumstances can one support a cause endorsed by the United States Government because by definition, the United States is a prime example of the white power structure engaging in imperial oppression of indigenous peoples around the world.

The sad part is that the United States is probably the single most diverse society in the world, both genetically and culturally, and the United States also is unique among all the great powers in history in that the United States has had virtually no colonial possessions, the only exception being the Phillippines and has played an instrumental anti-colonial role(Suez being the prime example).

Sadly, I think Combustible Boy is sending himself on a fool's errand. That doesn't mean I don't wish him luck in making the endeavor.