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...confront tyranny with utopian bellicosity may presage the end of the conservative pendulum swing. It flies in the face of reality. The Iraq fiasco has weakened our military and our standing in the world. Indeed, our intemperate behavior has sent a powerful countermessage. The unpunished excesses of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib give a rationale to China and all the other human-rights violators...
...while some members of the insurgency--whose estimated strength could be higher than 20,000--may be coaxed to come in from the cold, there's little chance that jihadist guerrillas will abandon their goal of fomenting civil war. As if to underscore the point, a group loyal to Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the most-wanted insurgent in Iraq, released an Internet audio message last week in which al-Zarqawi purportedly vows to wage holy war against the U.S. and its allies in Iraq for years...
...Though President Bush sees himself as the leader of the democratic world and the fight against terrorists, his decisions since 9/11 have been reactive rather than proactive. It pains me greatly, therefore, to nominate two people who have really been calling the shots: Osama bin Laden and insurgent leader Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi. Both seem to understand that power comes through the hearts and minds of the people. Stanley J. Courtney Shrewsbury, England...
...vote in sufficient numbers--an official with a nongovernmental organization in Baghdad says that a Sunni turnout of "under 50% becomes a problem"--the drafting of the constitution will be dominated by Shi'ite Muslims. And that would further alienate Sunnis and embolden extremists, including terrorist mastermind Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, who has called for an all-out sectarian civil war against the Shi'ites...
...Though President Bush sees himself as the leader of the democratic world and the fight against terrorists, his decisions since 9/11 have been reactive rather than proactive. It pains me greatly, therefore, to nominate two people who have really been calling the shots: Osama bin Laden and insurgent leader Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi. Both seem to understand that power comes through the hearts and minds of the people. Stanley J. Courtney Shrewsbury, England Bush is not "reframing reality to match his design," as you claimed. He is facing the reality of the worldwide threat from militant Islam...