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Not surprisingly, Bush couched the whole war against terrorism in religious language, answering the Jihad with a Crusade. Although ridding the world of evil might be too tall an order for even an angry America, the intent is clear and the meaning well taken. Acts of terrorism are intrinsically evil, an evil which can and must be stopped, the perpetrators and their organizations expunged. Not withstanding that Bush is no Churchillian orator, he knows what must be done, he knows his mind and speaks it clearly. From everything I have seen and heard from the majority of Administration officals appearing on TV, Bush, in addition to his own unquestioned gifts, has surrounded himself with strong, intelligent and competent people, the hallmark of a good leader. I hope and pray that the success of this enterprise may be shrouded in glory and honor in the gruelling years ahead. It has been too long since the world has seen a free people moved to accomplish a task so singularly worthy of their mettle.

I agree with you...this is primarily a war of good versus evil...if the radical Muslims think that intentionally murdering innocent people is the kind of act that wins one salvation than the only god that they could possibly be worshipping is Satan...I do believe, however, that there are economic implications to this war...I'd like to see W make some serious demands of the Arab nations who finance and flirt with these maniacs--(1)they must be ordered to shut down these operations within their borders or else--in other words--make them an offer they can't refuse--and (2) spend some of that oil money on their desperate civilian populations instead of on jets and slave girls--bring the 19th or 20th century slowly into the villages and towns--build schools that teach skills not hatred--build hospitals and playgrounds and libraries--make education of all children--male and female--mandatory up to age 16--these people live like animals with little hope--their own leaders don't really care about them at all--remember when Saddam herded women, children, and old people into military bunkers so he could drag out their corpses when we fired on them--they send their sons out to die so easily because their lives suck BIG TIME--the civilized nations of the world should force these oil barons to share the wealth with their subjects and teach them about the civilzed world IMHO.