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...mental war abroad, the U.S. has barely begun to engage the enemy on the same battlefield. If America is to seek the help of nations such as Pakistan or Jordan, it must convince their governments to publicly condemn bin Laden’s actions and align themselves with the recent attacks on Afghanistan. Most importantly, the U.S. must also make sure to convince the citizens and minorities in those countries of bin Laden’s wrongful message, clearly establishing that the war is against al Qaeda and the Taliban, not against Islam. For this purpose, the U.S. should encourage...
...terrorism, offering courses in murder and mayhem to which radical Islamic movements all over the world were invited. And he also provided financial support to some of these regional insurgencies in order to cement ties and win their loyalty. Besides enabling their local struggles, his objective was also to align them with his global jihad against America, thereby greatly extending his operational reach. Al Qaida-linked terror operations have been carried out by Saudis, Pakistanis, Yemenis, Egyptians, Algerians, Lebanese, Mauritanians, Palestinians and more. Many of them these men were originally affiliated with a specific national organization such as Egypt...
...America left it alone; that it is impossible to convince a villain to do what is right; that some things really are worth sacrificing for, fighting for, dying for. Nor am I embarrassed to say this: there are certain rare moments when the world’s forces align in a stark opposition of good and evil, and the leaders of free lands invoke the name of God in liberty’s defense, and there are no shades of gray...
Much in the vein of Douglas, the past two weeks have seen Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Joe Lieberman, Tom Daschle, Dick Gephardt, Terry McAuliffe, and countless other national leaders of the Democratic Party align themselves squarely behind the president. Even the Rev. Jesse Jackson has offered effusive praise for the president’s performance under these most extraordinary circumstances...
...Bush?s effort to align himself with the traditions of Islam may or may not work, but he did have some nice turns of phrase. The terrorists had "hijacked Islam itself"; their "pretenses to piety" rang false. Bush?s denunciation of "the will to power" was effective, although it was hard to believe that the President had ever read Nietzsche, who coined the phrase. No matter; most of us who got assigned him in college never made it through either. Bush made the essential point: The Enemy is not psychotic but cunning, possessing not an erratic temper but a steely...