[My Identity]

The simple fact is that we are not at war with terrorism, we are at war with a brand of Islam.

A statement of the obvious.

Next question: What percentage of all Arabic peoples follow that brand of Islam?

[My Identity]

We ought to be able to declare that we are at war with a kind of Islam without saying we are at war with all of Islam.

Problem. No matter how we deifine that "certain brand" of Islam, our targets will immediately proclaim it as all of Islam. And quite frankly, there may be little difference between the two definitions. Especially when you look at fundamental Shiite branch in Iran, fundamentalist Wahabbi sect in Saudi Arabia, fundamentalist Suuni sects in Palestine, Sudan, etc.

[Biblebelter]

Goldberg is on the right track. We are struggling to define who our enemies are. But Bush did that in the beginning, it is the terrrorists and those states that support terrorism. We have had enough time to follow the money in order to determine which states are supporting terrorism.

When we determined who the 9/11 terrorists were their pictures were published on the front page of almost every paper in the country. It is now time to identify the states who support terrorism with same notoriety. I am not sure we need to give one broad name to our enemies, a simple roll call of terrorists supporting states will suffice.

[TLBSHOW]

This one is easy. The war on terrorism is really a war on freedom. Our freedom. So we do need to stop pretending.

The real enemy is Islam. The sooner we see that and stop pretending it isn't. The easier it is for the war to be won. This is a Holy War and it has been declared by Islam.

[Nonstatist]

We ought to be able to declare that we are at war with a kind of Islam without saying we are at war with all of Islam. I don't know what it should be called, but I do know that "terrorism" doesn't do the trick

I guess I don't get his point. Most of the terrorists out there today are Islamic. However, those that aren't; i.e. those in Columbia, Sri Lanka,etc, are not exactly our friends , either , are they?

The Islamofascist terrorists are the most dangerous because theyre the best funded..

[Servant of the Nine]

Jonah has lost his mind.

We already have outlawed Chemical, Biological and Nuclear weapons and promised to destroy anyone, friend or foe who uses them, excepting ourselves as the Global Hegemon.

We have now, under the Bush Doctrine, simply added terrorism to the list of prohibited tactics. Use terrorism and we will destroy you, no matter how good or noble your cause. Henceforth no one is allowed to use terrorism.

So9

[gcruse]

Excellent. This article puts many of my disjointed thoughts into perspective. Thank you for finding and posting it.

[SpyderTim]

By far, the best article I've seen Mr. Goldberg write for National Review.