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Originally Posted by HarryT
Alex,
I am deeply saddened by your total lack of understanding of what Islam is all about, but this really isn't the place to discuss such matters. Let's just agree to differ. I honestly do not think that books that appear to set out to actively encourage xenophobia and hatred of those with different beliefs are at all helpful in achieving understanding between different cultures. Having spent some time working in the Middle East I know a little about these cultures and, to my mind, the "they're all out to get us" picture that's portrayed in some of the more right-wing American media (and these books) is completely false and misleading.
Thankfully, in the UK at least, disliking a particular book is not a crime.
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I have no intention to comment on the content of the book in question -- lest we get even farther off topic. I would like to note, however, that John Ringo described the first book in that series as "the wanker book" (pardon my language), and only wrote it because it wouldn't get out of his head at a time when he was on deadline for something else entirely. Thus the entire series is a "research free zone" with no attempt to resemble reality.
So, although John is politically someplace to the right of Atilla the Hun*, the usual warnings about associating the politics of books and their characters with the politics of the author most definitely apply here.
*His own description!