jul 15, 1953 - Bernard Lewis "Communism & Islam" "Clash of Civilizations"

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Bernard Lewis Future advisor
to Dick Cheney in the global
war on terror.

Coined the phrase
"clash of civilizations"

Writes an Essay called
"Communism & Islam"
"Believes that faced with
abandoning their faith
for either Parlamentaryism
or Democracy, the US is
at a disadvantage.

Fortunately, Islamic
dictatorships aren't so
bad... so we can let
have Islam and use
them to beat back
Communism."

https://www.c-span.org/video/?190584-1/devils-game

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