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To: redfish who wrote (149334)	10/27/2004 1:29:14 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I ask because some people seem to believe that we are involved in a titanic clash of civilizations with people variously described as jihadists, islamic fundamentalists, etc. I look around for evidence of this enormous struggle and I don't see any. We have been subject to periodic terrorist attacks, most of which have not been terribly costly, the latest of which was enormously costly. In addition we are involved in a war in an islamic nation where we have basically kicked the living #### out of them with one hand tied behind our back. Try as I might, I can't see this enormous threat to our nation of almost 300,000,000 people that others seem to accept as a matter of faith. Before I buy into this notion of a clash of civilizations, I would like more specific information on the stakes involved. Is there a possibility the United States will be overcome by the military might of the jihadists? Might the jihadists arrest me and put me in a concentration camp? Will they take our women and force them into sexual slavery? What exactly is the risk here?

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