Before I give you my answer, allow me to tell you what I was doing when I received your message. I was preparing a short pulpit speech I will give this Sunday inviting the men of our parish to attend an ACTS Retreat. My definition of the retreat is "it is an opportunity for members of our parish and nearby churches, through reflections on God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, to grow in their love for God, and, following the example set by Jesus in the washing of the feet, respond to God’s call to love and serve one another."
So, my goodness, yes, I would much rather have my issues settled by an American court influenced by Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
But that is not the issue here. Did you read the James Woolsey speech for which I included a link in post 309? As he says, there are horrible groups in the Mid-East that are our sworn enemies: Middle East Fascists and Islamist totalitarians that are beyond redemption and with whom we will never be able to co-exist. But there are also hundreds of millions of good and decent Muslems who believe in the separation of Mosque and State and with whom we can make common cause. There are many examples throughout history of Muslem ruled countrys where freedom of religion was allowed. Not that I would ever want to live in such a country.
I have enough confidence in President Bush to believe that he would be able to distinguish between these different groups. I think he included a reference to the Koran in his speech to let good and decent Moslems know we are willing to work with them to bring about free countrys in the Middle East.
We cannot be at war with all Moslems. It didn't work during the Crusades and it won't work now.