[McBuff]

My God, have you ever nailed it on the head!!!

[wjeanw]

I agree with your assessment. However, I think there IS a political and military reason why our government does not acknowledge the religious element to the present conflict. Namely, if we openly agree with Bin Laden that this is a RELIGIOUS war, then all Muslims, regardless of their sympathies will be forced by Islamic law to come to the aid of their fellow believers. Such a wide scale conflict would surely stress our capabilities to the breaking point, as well as unleash too many terrorists acts within our own borders from Muslims who do not sympathize with Bin Laden. For this reason, I think it is best that President Bush keep up this humanistic/naturalistic approach. Don't you?

[DreamWeaver]

the bottom line is I trust GW Bush, and I believe what he and others in his administration are saying about this not being a war about religion, before I believe any (unknown) typing their thoughts and beliefs over the net. I look at the late King Hussein of Jordan, (just for example) and his lovely wife Queen Noor who are Muslim, among others that I have read about and I cannot believe all Muslims are fanatics. I just wonder why some people are continuing to perptetuate a falshood that our President GW Bush is denying. Guess who I will believe first ???

[varon]

BTTT

[Cicero]

This is the best way to handle it. The alternative that this editorial seems to advocate would be to declare war on Islam. Is that really what we want to do?

Yes, our leaders should understand what the real stakes are. But that doesn't mean that they have to say publicly and officially what they really think and fear. It's hardly in our national interest to make this into a "religious war" or even to admit that, in Huntington's words, it is a "clash of cultures."

[Ronin]

I am not only book-marking this, I am printing it out and making copies.

Mind if I send it to one of the English language Japanese newspapers?

[willyboyishere]

No matter how much I learn about Muslim extremism, "bin Ladenism" or whatever names we have learned to attach to this movement, I keep coming back to the same conclusion, and it's a conclusion that is perhaps historically without precedent: that there is a very considerable mass of people occupying our planet who have simply reached the absolute dead-end of their historical moment. We'd better have a strong stomach because this is going to be a bloodbath of historical proportions, and now is there no turning back, and they want it that way. They seem to truly want and expect to be exterminated, and they believe that even if all of them are killed in the process of trying to defeat the West and re-establish their brand of Islam as a dominant force on the world stage, then new generations will follow them and successfully complete the struggle. Of course they are fatuously aligning themselves with the Palestinian struggle and the Palestinians are just desperate enough to cheer him on, without ever asking themselves what bin Laden would do for them if he ever "took over" the world. This is a dead end for Islamic fundamentalism, the stakes are as high as they've ever been raised, and, one way or another, they are about to exit the world stage.

[Mercuria]

Another shocker:

Did you know it's actually within people to be evil without them being "crazy"?

Selah!

Nice job, aru...

[Quix]

VERY WELL said.

THANKS.

[ppaul]

BOOKMARKED

BUMP.

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[Aquinasfan]

I've never read a better, more concise description of the Left's de facto understanding of religion.

Very well done!

The next task is to determine the best way to change their views.

[A. Pole]

Bump

[max61]

Yep, The WTC and Pentagon are the holiest of shrines to Christianity and Judaism. What a great way to strike at the heart of the infidels.

---max

[theoutsideman]

I beg your pardon but this war is over religion, no matter what the politicians vomit up to cover the truth. Islam is evil, it foments terrorism, and it must be stamped out.

[Quix]

ANTHRAX found in the matrix. . . mysterious, curious wording to a growing list of findings.

TANGENTIALLY RELATED ANNOUNCEMENT. . . The BibleCodes.com site has posted some new mysterious additions to the WTC matrix. . . .Anthrax was found . . . curious wording on some of the additions. . . at:

http://www.biblecodedigest.com/page.php/54

[Siobhan]

Pyng

Worth reading if you missed it the first time...