[DeuceTraveler]

I agree with your previous post. There was a lot less anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world than Bin Laden believed. If he tried to get his teeth deeper into some more institutions we would have been in trouble, especially with the new liberal isolationist trend we were driving towards.
I also agree that Iraq needs to be removed from the chessboard and that war is the only way I can see to do it. I am stressing, however, that we need to more actively support Muslims who have been on our side, especially their non-violent democratic movements.
Finally, I do not like the term rag head.

[johnqueuepublic]

I probably shouldnt use the term, you are correct.

What I find really chilling is that after the japanese attack on Pearl we had groups of japanese here volunteering to join the servie just to show their patriotism.

Where are the Muslims like this?

I dont think they exist.

Check out the poll that the Pew organization did yesterday, the populations in most of the Islamic world simply hate our guts.

Ok, fine, if thats what they want then may God have mercy on their souls because they simply cant conceive of what we are cabable of doing, they have no conception that if things really get rough places like Mecca are going to be turned to glass.

[Stultis]

I am stressing, however, that we need to more actively support Muslims who have been on our side, especially their non-violent democratic movements.

Many learned and anti-islamist Muslims have fled to the West. We should be underwriting Arabic presses and running them day and night to publish their writings.