[Gorzaloon]

More broadly, to understand the impact of September 11 on the Muslim world requires putting aside the response in the West and immersing oneself in Muslim sensibilities...

I "understand" the impact, allright, and I do it just fine without the touchy-feely New Age BS.

I am as "Immersed" as I need to be....Now.

I was always receptive to other points of view, but as of September 11, 2001, I do not wish to hear one thing from a (deleted) murder cult, except "Goodbye".

As if they have even SEEN a "Response from the West" yet!

[Poohbah]

That isn't touchy-feely New AGe BS, it's knowing your enemy.

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and in a hundred battles you will never be in peril." Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[Dan Day]

I "understand" the impact, allright, and I do it just fine without the touchy-feely New Age BS.

Try reading the whole article. Its point is that given the Muslim outlook, the harder we hit them, the less enthusiastic they become about terrorism, the more discredited their whackos become, and the more influence the moderates in their society gain. It makes a great case that Bush was right, and the "but you'll just make them mad" peaceniks were wrong.