We need more of this!
By avoiding the Religious War temptation (see previous post), the Bush Administration hopes to be able to defeat the terrorists while winning the hearts and minds of the Muslem community. A difficult task to say the least! But it may be our only hope.
In an open letter to his "Palestinian Arab Brethren", Youssef M. Ibrahim encourages the Palestinians to lay down their arms and make peace with Israel (HT: Jack Kelly).
Right now violent conflict seems to be escalating in the Middle East. That's understandable - predictable, actually. The Bush doctrine threatens to replace despair and hatred in the region with freedom and opportunity, thereby destroying the very base from which the Islamic Terrorists operate.
Increased violence is a natural consequence. These madmen do not wish to go down at all, much less go down with a whimper. They would rather bring the whole region (world) down with them than allow their people to enjoy freedom and peaceful coexistence with the West.
These are critical times. If the West can maneuver through the coming minefields successfully, the world will see something it has come to believe impossible - Peace in the Middle East. If not, the mess and carnage can hardly be imagined.
The West has done a pretty good job of showing it is not Satan incarnate in the manner in which it has conducted itself so far in the War on Terrorism. Rather, it has shown itself to be compassionate and caring as well as devestatingly effective militarily.
What we need now - what the entire world needs - is for reasonable, moderate Muslems to come forward like Mr. Ibrahim has done concerning the Palestinians. A substantial number of well known, respected Muslems need to speak out publicly in favor of peace and life over death and destruction.
If this happens, I believe we will have reached a critical mass that will result in Islamic Terrorism being rejected overwhelmingly by Muslems worldwide.
Oh, how I pray this comes to pass!
UPDATE: Could Hezbollah's actions against Israel backfire and cause them to lose support in Lebanon?
In an open letter to his "Palestinian Arab Brethren", Youssef M. Ibrahim encourages the Palestinians to lay down their arms and make peace with Israel (HT: Jack Kelly).
Right now violent conflict seems to be escalating in the Middle East. That's understandable - predictable, actually. The Bush doctrine threatens to replace despair and hatred in the region with freedom and opportunity, thereby destroying the very base from which the Islamic Terrorists operate.
Increased violence is a natural consequence. These madmen do not wish to go down at all, much less go down with a whimper. They would rather bring the whole region (world) down with them than allow their people to enjoy freedom and peaceful coexistence with the West.
These are critical times. If the West can maneuver through the coming minefields successfully, the world will see something it has come to believe impossible - Peace in the Middle East. If not, the mess and carnage can hardly be imagined.
The West has done a pretty good job of showing it is not Satan incarnate in the manner in which it has conducted itself so far in the War on Terrorism. Rather, it has shown itself to be compassionate and caring as well as devestatingly effective militarily.
What we need now - what the entire world needs - is for reasonable, moderate Muslems to come forward like Mr. Ibrahim has done concerning the Palestinians. A substantial number of well known, respected Muslems need to speak out publicly in favor of peace and life over death and destruction.
If this happens, I believe we will have reached a critical mass that will result in Islamic Terrorism being rejected overwhelmingly by Muslems worldwide.
Oh, how I pray this comes to pass!
UPDATE: Could Hezbollah's actions against Israel backfire and cause them to lose support in Lebanon?
posted by Greg at 4:04 PM
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