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To: NavySEAL F-16

I think I've seen some of this said before, maybe in an earlier speech by Lehman. But it's certainly right on the mark. That one comment deserves to be repeated:

"Our enemy is not terrorism. Our enemy is violent, Islamic fundamentalism."

Understandably, Bush didn't want to anger a billion Muslims. But we have to state where the threat lies: With Islamic fundamentalism. We can disagree about how widespread that fundamentalism is within Islam--much wider than it was, after the Saudis funded their Madrassas around the world, as Lehman points out--but we need to name it and focus on it.

I think maybe he goes a bit astray in seeming to deprecate the Saddam connection. It's not only state-sponsored terrorism, but state sponsorship gives it an extra strength it wouldn't otherwise have. Bush was quite correct to go after the regimes that provided shelter, funding, and support. And I think he was right to go after Iraq first, before tackling the root of this evil, Saudi Arabia.


15 posted on 07/01/2004 11:32:40 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

I wanted to post this so that we would know what Lehman says when there are no reporters around. We all know that there is no such thing as a "moderate Muslim", they all have to be fundamentalists or they are not Muslim. Those moderate Muslims (if they do exist) are considered infidels just like Americans.

There are even some conservative talk show hosts that will not admit what the real problem is. I think the thought of what will have to be done is so reprehensible to them and most Americans, they would rather ignore it until it's too late.


19 posted on 07/01/2004 11:44:01 AM PDT by NavySEAL F-16 ("proud to be a Reagan Republican")
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