In fact, that sot Hitchens was actually one of the ones that got it circulating, though he did not originate it.
History:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Klonimus/IslamofascismAlthough the exact origins of the term are murky, it appears to have been coined either by Khalid Duran, Stephen Schwartz or Christopher Hitchens. The coining or popularisation of the term is frequently attributed to Christopher Hitchens, a prominent critic of Islamic Fundamentalism, based on his article in The Nation immediately following the 9/11 attacks, where he used the phrase "Islamic fascism". <1>. Hitchens also used the phrases "Islamic fascism" and "theocratic fascism" to describe the fatwa declared against Salman Rushdie for writing The Satanic Verses.
After the 9/11 attacks, the concept of "Islamic fascism", later shortened to "Islamofascism", took root in the blogosphere, to explain or describe the ideology of the attackers. Islamofascism is popular term among neoconservative blogs such as Little Green Footballs.More history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamofascism_%28term%29The origins of the term are unclear, but appear to date back to an article, "Construing Islam as a language", by Malise Ruthven that appeared on September 8, 1990 in The Independent, where he wrote:
Nevertheless there is what might be called a political problem affecting the Muslim world. In contrast to the heirs of some other non-Western traditions, including Hinduism, Shintoism and Buddhism, Islamic societies seem to have found it particularly hard to institutionalise divergences politically: authoritarian government, not to say Islamo-fascism, is the rule rather than the exception from Morocco to Pakistan.
The Guardian attributes the term to an article by Muslim scholar Khalid Duran in the Washington Times, where he used it to describe the push by some Islamist clerics to "impose religious orthodoxy on the state and the citizenry".<3>
Radio talk show host Michael Savage has used the term "Islamofascism" frequently on his program (<6>) and in his books (Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions, Chapter 2—Unmasking Islamofascism, ISBN 1-5955-5006-2). The context suggests the invocation of Islam to justify fascist-like activities....I pay attention to the news, and I haven't heard "convert or die"--convert to, or from, what?
The truth of the matter is this: we don't have enough troops to handle Iraq and Afghanistan, never mind take on Iran--at least not alone. We'd need to crank up the draft machine, open up a few more boot camps around the country, and get real busy before before we could contemplate going into Iran. Or find a few allies with huge standing armies willing to do the scut work for us, while we do the bombing.
Otherwise, the only other way to after them is with an air war (either conventional or tac nuke)...and that wouldn't work on its own. There's too much infrastructure; that country is quite huge. And the international community would have our asses fried in oil if we used tac nukes willy nilly in an offensive manner.
Where are these boots on the ground coming from? Where's the draft? That will be your first clue that something like what you propose is coming.
We simply do not have the forces to prosecute a war without one.