To: Pan_Yans Wife
So he "doesn't say we're NOT at war with Islam?"
If that's what you're trying to say, you're wrong.
45 posted on
04/16/2003 9:50:22 PM PDT by
Illbay
To: Illbay
Hmmm... just how many radical fundamentalist Muslims do you think we have hunted down or killed since September 11th?
Saying that Islam is a religion of peace doesn't change a damn thing.
The one who starts the war, sets the terms of what victory looks like. Osama bin Laden started a Holy War. We have obliged by routing the Taliban and Hussein. By responding with force, we accepted their challenge.
The subtle difference is, from our viewpoint, it is a clash of civilizations, not a war of Islam against our Judeo/Christian foundation. Our civilization will prevail, in the end. And, to the eyes of the Middle East, we will have badly damaged Islam.
46 posted on
04/16/2003 9:56:21 PM PDT by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Lurking since 2000.)
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