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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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1 posted on 09/13/2006 8:28:26 AM PDT by oxcart
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Losing isn't an option.


2 posted on 09/13/2006 8:30:05 AM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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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.)
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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)
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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")
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To: oxcart

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700711/posts


6 posted on 09/13/2006 8:30:30 AM PDT by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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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
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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?)
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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
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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?


10 posted on 09/13/2006 8:34:32 AM PDT by Paperdoll
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To: Lucky9teen

Lewis is on our side on this.


11 posted on 09/13/2006 8:34:44 AM PDT by michaelt
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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.)
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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.


13 posted on 09/13/2006 8:36:07 AM PDT by Thombo2
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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 ...
14 posted on 09/13/2006 8:36:14 AM PDT by Tirian
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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.


15 posted on 09/13/2006 8:36:19 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: Lucky9teen

"We don't care what you think."

on the contrary, he is very good. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lewis


16 posted on 09/13/2006 8:37:09 AM PDT by AdmSmith
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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.


17 posted on 09/13/2006 8:37:40 AM PDT by twigs
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"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.


18 posted on 09/13/2006 8:39:32 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("For seven million extra, we could have avoided a billion dollar WOT.")
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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.


19 posted on 09/13/2006 8:40:27 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz ("For seven million extra, we could have avoided a billion dollar WOT.")
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To: Lucky9teen

"blah blah blah - shut up and sit down Mr. Lewis. We don't care what you think."




Reading the article helps.


20 posted on 09/13/2006 8:40:51 AM PDT by ansel12 (Life is exquisite... of great beauty, keenly felt.)
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