He says near the end about how he believes that those who want Western-style reform have been silenced and intimidated. Perhaps, but I don't think he considered that they're just a tiny minority, and not actually some "silent majority". It's similar to Aztec apologia - Quetzlcoatl is the god you might be most familiar with, because he was the one most popular with white scholars, because his priests were the only ones questioning or opposing human sacrifice. BUT they were actually a hated minority amongst their own people.
Hell, one of the best First Doctor (Who) stories is The Aztecs, and it actually illustrates this sort of thinking (with the lady teacher being the apologist).
Well, it's the same here. We're being asked to go to war for the sake of a few oddballs within an otherwise savage culture.
Oddly enough, Donald Rumsfeld said something similar when in power.
https://www.voanews.com/archive/rumsfeld-says-war-terror-takes-perseverance-cold-war
This war kills less, but effects everyone more.
Mm.
He says near the end about how he believes that those who want Western-style reform have been silenced and intimidated. Perhaps, but I don't think he considered that they're just a tiny minority, and not actually some "silent majority". It's similar to Aztec apologia - Quetzlcoatl is the god you might be most familiar with, because he was the one most popular with white scholars, because his priests were the only ones questioning or opposing human sacrifice. BUT they were actually a hated minority amongst their own people.
Hell, one of the best First Doctor (Who) stories is The Aztecs, and it actually illustrates this sort of thinking (with the lady teacher being the apologist).
Well, it's the same here. We're being asked to go to war for the sake of a few oddballs within an otherwise savage culture.