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Originally Posted by c312
but that would be by al Qaeda or other terrorists, that is different than what huntington was saying. he said that nation states or massive groups of people within them would go to war with other nation states or groups of people that are in the same "civilization" if anyone does any attacking, it would probably be terrorist groups, small bands of extremists. The average muslim is not going to attack anybody. If this situation with Iran comes to conflict, I doubt Indonesia would have anything to do with it, Huntington would suggest they would.
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Look back a decade ago at global islam-western relations, and look at them now. At this rate, I don't think you should write off Indonesian support of a muslim jihad in future....and of course not every muslim is going to fight. I don't think Huntington ever suggested that, but it's likely there will be enough to have a conflict...All it takes is a strategically placed bomb in downtown Sydney, with support from the Indonesian government (It's not impossible - The Malaysian Prime Minister has supported holy war on Jews) and an Australian reaction would toss the two nations into conflict.
Also beare in mind that Indonesia is spilling at the sides, and has had a series of problems with Australia in the past. The East Timor conflict also represents that Indonesians are familiar with war against "Christians," and have the will to fight a long war.
Anything can happen, Huntington's theory is extremely valid, imo.