[William McKinley]

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[Uncle Miltie]

"He argues persuasively that scholars and officials should emphasize the differences -- that "the great majority" of Muslims disagree with the premises of militant Islam"

That is not provably true. Since there is a deafening silence among muslims on the issue of militancy, one must presume agreement rather than disagreement with extremism.

Until the moderate muslim world can be identified by its actions and pronouncements, the only view available of Islam is that it favors totalitarian theocracy.

It is impossible for thorough readers of news and students of international relations to find any quantity of moderate muslims.

I agree that "scholars and officials should emphasize the differences" with radical Islam, but I doubt that those scholars and officials actually disagree. They have been in silent agreement with Osama since 9/11.

[LiteKeeper]

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[eddiespaghetti]

Miller contradicts herself in discussing the Israel/Palestine dispute. On the one hand, she discusses the "outrage" Muslims feel toward the "treatment" of the Palestinians; on the other, she notes that Hamas, Islamic Jihad & co. started their later outrages AFTER the 1993 Oslo accords, i.e., when a mechanism had been set up for a Palestinian State, including Palestinians' recognition of Israel.

All this suggests that what outrages those Muslims is Israel's existence, not what the geographical contours/political framework any new Palestinian state would have.