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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: E who wrote (1938)9/30/2001 7:41:43 PM
From: bela_ghoulashi   of 281500
 
The conclusion is especially apt, especially in light of the handwringers who insist it is the United States which needs to go sit in the corner and think about how badly *we* have acted (blah, blah, blah...):

>> Given the depth of Islam's conflict with the West, trading Israel for Syria's or Iran's help in the reprisals against bin Laden will win us no real friends; it will only convince the Muslim world that America can be brought to betray its allies with the right combinations of threats and face-saving formulas. The real work--and, sadly, it will take far longer than even the war against terrorism--must take place within Islam itself. Self-criticism rather than blaming others, receptivity rather than dogmatic aggression, especially to their own women--these are some of the difficult steps Islam needs to take if it wants to regain the glory for which it so desperately longs. <<<
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