Free Republic

Huckabee warns fight with terror won't end in draw 'This is a war (on Islamofascism) someone will win and someone will lose' -------------------------------------------------------- Posted: October 18, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's Note: This is the sixth in WND's planned series of one-on-one interviews with each candidate for the office of president. Today former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee warns the battle against terrorism will not end in a draw. By Bob Unruh © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com Former Gov. Mike Huckabee Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (http://www.wnd.com/redir/r.asp?http://www.mikehuckabee.com//), a candidate for the GOP nomination for president, is warning that the war on terror will...

Nearly six years after 9/11, what's striking is how little has changed in America - and in its war effort. And yet if we can't change ourselves, what are the chances that we can change others? When President George W. Bush declares that the Global War on Terror is "the concentrated work of generations," one has to wonder if he really means it. Certainly there's been little concentration on effective war mobilization, and other countries have noticed. As we look back to study wars that the United States has won - and why - the most obvious metric is the...

Until recently, Bosnia-Herzegovina was often described as a shining example of succesful international effort in post-conflict reconstruction and nation building. Since the war ended eleven years ago, hardly a shot was fired, towns and villages were repaired, and many refugees have returned to their homes. But now, a month ahead of crucial presidential and parliamentary polls, ethnic tension spurred by local political leaders is running so high that Bosnia's relapse into war no longer seems unthinkable. Bosnian Muslims, the largest ethnic group in the region, are pushing to dismantle Republika Srpska, the Serb-dominated entity created by the 1995 Dayton peace...

AYODHYA, India- A suicide bomber blew up a security fence yesterday and gunmen then stormed a Hindu shrine complex at the center of Hindu-Muslim strife, setting off a two-hour gunbattle that left all six attackers dead, police said. The site, about 350 miles east of New Delhi, is claimed by both Hindus and Muslims, and the attack appeared religiously motivated, although no claim of responsibility was made and police didn't blame any group. Hindu nationalists quickly pointed a finger at Pakistan-backed Muslim militants from the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, and said the incident proved India's recent peace overtures with Islamabad...