The Power of Virtue

Washington Post ^ | July 4, 2003 | D'nesh D'Souza

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Behind the physical attacks on the West and its allies is an intellectual attack -- an assault not just on what America does but also on what America is. So far the Bush administration's military response -- in Afghanistan, in Iraq and elsewhere -- has been reasonably effective against al Qaeda and its sponsors. But our intellectual response has been weak. This matters, because ultimately it is not enough to shut down the terrorist camps. We must also stop the "jihad factories," the mosques and educational institutions that are turning out tens of thousands of aspiring suicide bombers. We cannot kill all these people; we have to change their minds. Yet America is making few converts in the Muslim world.

[Dudoight]

D'Souza always seems to make sense. No ranting, no raving, he presents good, calm reasoning.

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