Islamists vs Buddhists

Islamists aren’t just killing non-believers in places like Darfur, there’s full on “ethnic cleansing” going on in Southern Thailand.

Some are already calling it war, a brutal Muslim separatist insurgency in southern Thailand that has taken as many as 2,000 lives in three years, with almost- daily bombings, drive-by shootings, arson and beheadings.

It is a conflict the government admits it is losing. A harsh crackdown and martial law in recent years seem only to have fueled the insurgency, generating fear and anger and undermining moderate Muslim voices.

A new policy of conciliation pursued by Thailand’s junta since it took power in a coup five months ago has been met by increased violence, including a barrage of 28 coordinated bombings in the south that killed or injured about 60 people a week ago.

“The momentum of violence is now beyond the control of government policy,” said Srisompob Jitpiromsri, a political scientist at Prince of Songkhla University here.

“The separatists can pick and choose the time and place of the violence without any effective resistance,” he said. “They have the upper hand.”

This is a perfectly good reason not to abandon Iraq right now. This stuff will follow us home if we do. Thousands of refugees will flee the area and many will come here. And amongst these refugees will be many terrorists blended in.

The global war against Islamic fascism is a real thing and like it or not, it’s going to be part of our lives for the foreseeable future no mater what we do. Giving up on the Iraqis will only make things worse. Not better.

UPDATE: Meanwhile, in Algeria...

And in Australia

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