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What most Americans have yet to realize (or at least express) is that this is not just a war against countries and against terrorists. This is a war against Islam. There, I've said it. Call me a right-wing-Christian-fundamentalist-extremist

Hi all. Work continues to be very demanding lately so I will be a sporadic poster at best, but I just wanted to say:

Hey Corin! You are a right-wing-Christian-fundamentalist-extremist!

LOL! Now you know how I feel.

I agree with Corin that Saddam has to be taken out and the sooner the better. For Israel’s security if no other reason. But, surprisingly, I don’t necessarily agree that it is a war against all of Islam, yet…. I think it is a war against fundamentalist-extremist-Islam (which, admittedly, is blazing through Islam like a forest fire right now). But really our job right now is to put out that fire and attempt to reason with the remaining rational peace loving elements of Islam, helping them to move from the dark ages into the 21st century, and praying for their conversion as we go.

As Hair indicated above, this process may take quite a while. But for the security of our children and their future, I think our immediate task is clear. We must aggressively pursue the war on terrorism on all fronts, beginning with Saddam, and not ending until there is some real stability in the world. We should keep hammering down the nails that stick out the most, as it were…. And then, when we get to a point of some stability, maintaining eternal vigilance by making sure our intelligence community (CIA, FBI, etc.) is fully adequate to the task. That will be our children’s and our children’s children’s job when we will be sitting in retirement homes in Florida and Arizona enjoying discussions about the Lord of the Rings and the Christian background of Tolkien, etc….. to which subject I will turn my attention later after reading ksen’s fine post in more detail.

Thanks for listening, all…. Until later, Freep On!