No, Rowan, there is much more that we can do:
We can also pray that Muslims the world over will understand what Islam means and just who the "god" is that they are serving, and, just in case reality escapes them, we can tell them.
We can face reality ourselves and identify exactly what the evil is that is responsible and attack it at its black heart.
We can inform the people of the world about these monsters and the dangers that they threaten.
We can take action to prevent them from repeating such evil acts in the future.
We can take actions to protect ourselves and our children from such monsters.
We can confront them and their evil with force and power and thus put and end to their evil acts.
And,of paramount importance, we can vote for the re-election of President Bush, who is our best defense against these monsters and their evil ambitions.
To pray for deliverance is one thing, but we must also face reality and take meaningful action.
This is our choice: confrontation or capitulation.
Capitulation is handing over our children and ourselves to these evil monsters.
Appeasement is capitulation.
Confrontation is stopping these monsters, using whatever weapons it takes including force, and eradicating them and their evil.
Confrontation is the only course of action that we can reasonably and honorably take.
History is repeating itself. The people of the world faced the same evil in the 20th century. I'm surprised that you haven't learned the lessons of history.
I strongly agree.
I'm surprised that you haven't learned the lessons of history.
I'm not. Refusal to even recognize historical facts is the defining intellectual characteristic of contemporary 'progressive' thought.
"History is so messy, and our hearts are so pure", being their consoling maxim.