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U.S. May Lose War on Terror, Historian Says
The New York Sun ^
| 09/13/2006
| BY DANIEL FREEDMAN
Posted on 09/13/2006 8:28:25 AM PDT by oxcart
The victor of the war on terror is far from clear, the historian Bernard Lewis told a Hudson Institute conference.
The British-born professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton said Monday that he was "more optimistic about the future of our struggle" in the early 1940s when the French had capitulated to the Germans, when Stalin was Hitler's ally, and when America was still neutral than he is today.
"Hitler would have won under these conditions," Mr. Lewis said, citing America's inability to clearly define the war on terror and exactly who its enemy is. The professor, whose vision of the future of the Middle East and knowledge of Islam has guided President Bush's foreign policy, also cited as challenges the multilateralism that hamstrings America's ability to fight the war and the strong political opposition to policies designed to defeat the enemy, such as detaining terrorists without trial.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Germany; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bernardlewis; liberaltraitors; terrorism; waronterror; wot
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:28:26 AM PDT
by
oxcart
To: oxcart
2
posted on
09/13/2006 8:30:05 AM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
To: oxcart
strong political opposition to policies designed to defeat the enemy Somebody should staple this memo to Howard Dean's forehead.
3
posted on
09/13/2006 8:30:10 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: oxcart
And it just HAS to be Bush's fault...
4
posted on
09/13/2006 8:30:18 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
("Never let your schooling interfere with your education" --Mark Twain)
To: oxcart
blah blah blah - shut up and sit down Mr. Lewis. We don't care what you think.
5
posted on
09/13/2006 8:30:23 AM PDT
by
Lucky9teen
("War is about killing & destroying their property, not about covering your asses in a conf. room")
To: oxcart
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:30:30 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: oxcart
That is if the democrapweasels get in power and gut our intelligence and military.
7
posted on
09/13/2006 8:33:00 AM PDT
by
shankbear
To: oxcart
We have two options. Fight to win or lose.
8
posted on
09/13/2006 8:33:27 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: oxcart; Coop; Cap Huff; nuconvert
The key difference, Mr. Lewis said, was that "in the partition of India, the U.N. was not involved. "The United Nations failed to act after the Arab states invaded Palestine, and then treated Jewish and Arab refugees differently, leaving problems that remain today, he said.
This is the problem, if UN was deprived of the money for the refugee camps, the parties involved had to find a sustainable solution.
9
posted on
09/13/2006 8:34:06 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: oxcart
Unless we take the gloves and rules of engagement off, we absolutely will lose this war. Uhhh, Mr. President????
Are you with us or against us?
To: Lucky9teen
Lewis is on our side on this.
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:34:44 AM PDT
by
michaelt
To: oxcart
strong political opposition to policies designed to defeat the enemy, such as detaining terrorists without trial.
Unless, of course, there happens to be a Democrat in the Whitehouse.
12
posted on
09/13/2006 8:34:44 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: oxcart
I'm not very positive either.Let's keep in mind that the terrorists/muslims/anarchist's have the dems and msm in their corner.
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:36:07 AM PDT
by
Thombo2
To: Lucky9teen
read the article, people -- The professor, whose vision of the future of the Middle East and knowledge of Islam has guided President Bush's foreign policy, also cited as challenges the multilateralism that hamstrings America's ability to fight the war ... he's pointing out the problems that the left is causing, not advocating their actions ...
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:36:14 AM PDT
by
Tirian
To: P-40
The terrorists cannot win. They can hang around for a long time exploding now and then, but there is zero chance they will come out on top anywhere except their home countries. The question is when they will give up.
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:36:19 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:37:09 AM PDT
by
AdmSmith
To: Lucky9teen
This man is THE authority on the Middle East. He knows the situation better there than any other academic today. If he says this, then we had better sit up and listen.
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:37:40 AM PDT
by
twigs
To: P-40
"Hitler would have won under these conditions," Mr. Lewis said, citing America's inability to clearly define the war on terror and exactly who its enemy is."
Hitler couldn't defeat the French resistance.
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:39:32 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
("For seven million extra, we could have avoided a billion dollar WOT.")
To: Thombo2
"I'm not very positive either.Let's keep in mind that the terrorists/muslims/anarchist's have the dems and msm in their corner."
And the Communists attacking us from another front.
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:40:27 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
("For seven million extra, we could have avoided a billion dollar WOT.")
To: Lucky9teen
"blah blah blah - shut up and sit down Mr. Lewis. We don't care what you think."
Reading the article helps.
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posted on
09/13/2006 8:40:51 AM PDT
by
ansel12
(Life is exquisite... of great beauty, keenly felt.)
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