Posted on 06/24/2005 7:45:22 PM PDT by ritt
Horsefeathers views Iraq as one battlefront in a global war--World War IV. The ‘War on Terror’ is a term designed to obscure the ideological nature of the struggle. This war, in its essence, is no different from our 20th century wars against totalitarianism. Having vanquished Nazism and Communism, we are now challenged by a totalitarian, anti-semitic ideology disguised as a religion, Islamo-Fascism. The principles required for victory are no different than in any war: impose our will on our enemies by force of arms. Those enemies, sensing our superior battlefield strength, realize that our vulnerability lies not in our military capability, but elsewhere, in our highly civilized reluctance to use overwhelming force against our foes...
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