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...what is it? Conciliation? Hard line? Such divisions have plagued President George W. Bush's approach to nuclear-security issues with both Iran and North Korea, the remaining points on the "axis of evil." The neocons argue that the only way to curb the suspected atomic ambitions of these regimes is to depose the rulers. The moderates believe that engaging adversaries in dialogue can diminish the threat more easily and cheaply. So the Bush team has alternately ignored, threatened, cajoled and coerced the two countries, driven not by a coherent strategy but by a disorderly struggle at the highest levels...
...same time, Bush has described the war on terror from the beginning in Manichaean terms not all that different from Boykin's. "Today, our nation saw evil," he said on Sept. 11, 2001. "Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them," he told the nation nine days later. Boykin may be understandably perplexed about what line he crossed by referring to evil as "a guy called Satan...
Boykin's mistake was to put all these pieces together, implying that Islam itself is not merely mistaken but evil. Talking like this while in a U.S. military uniform was also pretty tactless. Mahathir's mistake, by contrast, was to open his trap...
...Bali bombing, and the terrorists' web has continued to spread in the region [Oct. 13]. The Bali bomb blasts showed the world that Muslim nations are not immune to terrorism. Asia is a most vulnerable place for terrorist attacks. It is high time that governments act to eradicate this evil from our society. Akshay Mor Bombay...
Edmund Burke once said, “all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Tonight I will be protesting this event at 7 p.m. in Science Center A. I hope you join...