People Have Multiple Identities.

The Biggest Difference As Far As Muslims In Europe And America Are Concerned Is That The Number Of Muslims In America Is Small Compared To The Number In Europe.

Since The Revolution Of The 18th Century, America Has Basically Had An Ideology Of Liberal Democracy And Constitutionalism.

Iran Of Course Is Shiite, While The Bulk Of The Arabs Are Sunni, That Is A Problem Or Could Be A Problem. Also, There Is The Simple Fact That Iran Is Non-arab And Most Of The Muslims In The Middle East Are Arab.

It Is My Hypothesis That The Fundamental Source Of Conflict In This New [post-cold-war] World Will Not Be Primarily Ideological Or Primarily Economic. The Great Divisions Among Humankind And The Dominating Source Of Conflict Will Be Cultural. Nation States Will Remain The Most Powerful Actors In World Affairs, But The Principal Conflicts Of Global Politics Will Occur Between Nations And Groups Of Different Civilizations. The Clash Of Civilizations Will Dominate Global Politics. The Fault Lines Between Civilizations Will Be The Battle Lines Of The Future.

It Was One Thing To Contain The Soviet Union In Europe Because Britain, France, And Germany Were All Willing To Join In. But Will Japan And Other Asian Countries Be Willing To Join In The Containment Of China?