Posted on 09/26/2006 3:32:17 PM PDT by churchillbuff
Huh? We're trying to fix the "underlying causes" and that's a "cause?" This stuff is utter gibberish.
This has already been blown out of the water. You and AP need to keep up.
The AP really knows how to spin. Are we supposed to trust these people's judgments?
Countering the spread of the jihadist movement will require coordinated multilateral efforts that go well beyond operations to capture or kill terrorist leaders. If democratic reform efforts in Muslim majority nations progress over the next five years, political participation probably would drive a wedge between intransigent extremists and groups willing to use the political process to achieve their local objectives. Nonetheless, attendant reforms and potentially destabilizing transitions will create new opportunities for jihadists to exploit.
In other words, Bush's initiative to bring a pluralist, democratic government to Iraq and democratic reforms in the greater Middle East initiative is our best hope over the long term of dealing with the sources of jihadism.
I'm completely disgusted by the actions of liberals in Congress and the media who are impeding efforts to deal with a very real problem. Is their solution Rangel's? Cut off funding? The Democrats have never met a war they didn't want to lose.
This has already been blown out of the water.
He said it reads like a college term paper.
He suggested that they give him a couple million dollars and he would write a report with more eloquence and it would make more sense then this.
In other words, Bush's initiative to bring a pluralist, democratic government to Iraq and democratic reforms in the greater Middle East initiative is our best hope over the long term of dealing with the sources of jihadism.
Uh huh. Cuz the ragheads just loved the US before the Iraq war, dontcha know. Hey, Abdul! Resent THIS!!!!
This IS a healthy development toward a long term solution.
If the Palis freely choose Hamas as their government, a party that refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist and promotes a policy of a state of war with Israel, then the Palestinian people cannot evade the responsibility for the consequences of Hamas's policies, which eventually presents the Palestinians with a very stark choice: be justifiably militarily crushed by Israel as a result of a policy openly adopted by them, or finally elect a government that will accept a reasonable two-state solution with the support of a majority the Palestinian people and be able to implement it.
The alternative structure, in which a party without majority support of the people (Fatah) is nominally in control and willing to negotiate a two-state solution but does not exert effective control over the Palestinian areas, is not a healthy situation in the long term, and only serves to avoid a stable long-term resolution of the problem.
I hope this doesn't have you totally depressed.
Hm....
What I've seen of the report is not suprising and supports what bin Laden, and President Bush, have said: Iraq is the central front on the war on terror.
Reid shouldn't have said this is the wrong memo or that Bush is "cherry picking." Dingy should have known the MSM would lie for him to cover up the Dim distortion.
Hit a hornets and the hornets get pissed! Wow. What a shock! Do you want a hornets nest outside your door or do you want to get rid of it? What's the big news here?
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