[Tolik]

Nailed It!
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[sure_fine]

Our failings encourage Islamic radicalism

not anymore than our current liberal population does

[Tolik]

JOHN O'SULLIVAN:

...Muslim leaders won't take the risks of denouncing the terrorists until we make clear, as the president has now done, that the United States and the West will impose penalties on those who fail to do so.

...Of course, as Muslim and non-Muslim speakers pointed out, it would be unjust and dangerous to hold Muslims responsible for the crimes of al-Qaida simply because they are committed by Muslims.

What we are asking is that they should condemn manifest crimes and not surrender to the temptation to ignore or downplay them because they are committed by "their" religious or civilizational team. Unanimous Muslim condemnation of the terrorism committed in their name would be more effective than any Western weapon in ending it.

[Falconspeed]

But their diplomacy works in part because it is backed by force or the threat of force from the United States. The same kind of ''muscular multilateralism'' will eventually defeat terrorism.

For sure he nailed it.

And another good reason for the current coalition-led war in Iraq: The current war in Iraq gives tremendous strength to diplomatic channels that solve real problems.