Can't wait to see if Susan Thistlethwaite's fellow peaceniks begin to demonstrate against the Iraq war when she testifies during these hearings.
The Math of Martyrs, Has the U.S. unwittingly entered into the business of producing terrorists because the Bush administration discounts the power of religion? by Susan B. Thistlethwaite [excerpt]
Martyrs are being created by the pre-emptive war against Iraq, martyrs whom some radicals in the Muslim world will want to avenge through terrorist attacks. So it's almost predictable that the Bush administration will lose the war on terrorism because it has discounted the force of religion in the motive for terror. In fact, we are risking our relationship with Islamic moderates just when we need moderate voices in Islam to counteract the rise of a militant fundamentalism in more than 60 countries.[snip]This war on terrorism could be won more by positive political and economic change than by bombs and advancing armies.