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To: backtothestreets
You know something, I agree with President Bush that we are indeed at war. Where I part ways with President Bush and most Republicans is in defining the enemy. While he is insistent the enemies are extremist Muslims, I believe all of Islam is at war with us. And I'm EXTREMELY uncomfortable the way he cozies up to Muslims.
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It's called divide and conquer. There are many divisions within the Islamic world. The best tactic is to use those divisions to make make sure that Moslems are fighting amongst themselves, and that some of them are on our side.

There are Moslem soldiers and policemen killing terrorists and Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. We have Moslem allies in Jordan and the Gulf States, Turkey and Indonesia. These Moslems allies may sometimes be working at cross purposes to us, but that's the problem with allies. It happened in WWI and WWII as well. Look at De Gaylor or the Soviets, for instance. And if you look closely at the history of those times you will find a lot more examples.

Fighting a unified Moslem world would be at least ten times harder that the present war on terror.

But the price of those allies is that President Bush has to make nice with them.
24 posted on 10/27/2006 6:03:23 AM PDT by Cheburashka (World's only Spatula City certified spatula repair and maintenance specialist!!!)
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To: Cheburashka
Fighting a unified Moslem world would be at least ten times harder that the present war on terror.

I'd agree harder, but it is becoming harder already and will become harder yet the longer we stall the inevitable. We can fight them now, or be assured our children and grandchildren will have to face a much stronger and more unified enemy, and quite possibly on our soil.
31 posted on 10/27/2006 6:20:22 AM PDT by backtothestreets
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