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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: spiral3 who wrote (3214)10/14/2001 12:44:15 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Spiral... Sullivan's article was INDEED one of the best I've seen to date. And I find myself heartened to see him drawing similar comparisons to the religious civil war that occurred in Europe during the reformation.

Both sides are trying to define the struggle for their own purposes in winning allies and advancing their cause, and the key to victory will be to advance our own ideas throughout the muslim world, while denying Bin Laden the capability of doing the same.

Obviously Bin Laden and his strategists are more than likely disheartened that the Muslim world has not rose up to embrace their cause, but they continue to attempt finding some other pivotal cause which will legitimize their own, and lead to an expansion of this conflict.

First it was just American forces stationed Saudi Arabia... then Palestine... and now Kashmir... To those who watch closely, it's apparent that OBL is flailing around to find an ally that will join him... He's isolated, with no means of resupply or assistance and essentially a dead man walking.

Personally, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to hear start trying to dredge racial tensions in the US in hopes of appealing to the sympathy of Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam...

As for the US, all we have to do is effectively counter OBL's propaganda campaign and stiffen the backbone of Arab governments in the region, and continue to espouse the fact that, from the US perspective, this is not a religious war, no matter how much Bin Laden wants to make it into one.

Hawk
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