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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: lurqer who wrote (22536)7/17/2003 1:22:43 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
The ummah is the community of believers. In certain circumstances, it is taken as an authoritative source of beliefs and practices.

The little jihad is within the heart, as the believer struggles to be righteous.

Al- Azhar is the most prestigious center of Islamic learning.

But these are not the important matters. What is important are things like this:

We have overthrown a general despised, brutal regime.

We are not in support of a corrupt regime, as we were in South Vietnam.

There is no figure like Ho Chi Minh, who had general prestige for leading the resistance to the Japanese.

We are in control of the country, and armed opposition is light.

There is no country like North Vietnam sponsoring resisting forces, and no chance of anything like the Tet Offensive, where North Vietnamese regulars attacked the South.

Iraq has a much higher level of literacy, advanced education, and urbanization than Vietnam did.

These are just some examples of relevant points.......
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