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To: tejek who wrote (50278)	8/18/2006 4:02:47 PM
From: Jim S	Read Replies (1) of 90947

tejek, it doesn't surprise me a bit that the Times would print such an article. It furthers their anti-Bush policy, and the letter from the former foreign policy "experts" falls right into thier way of thinking. From Carter through Clinton, the policy was to appease or minimalize Islamic terrorism, and there are quite a few who think that's the best way of dealing with it. Many don't, though. While I don't necessarily agree with Bush about many things, at least he is pushing terrorism to the forefront, and making THAT the issue. Applying such pressure on terrorism is about the only way to force a "battle front" (for lack of a better term), something that can be identified and attacked. There's no denying that terrorism is a real danger to the western world, and so long as it is a shadowy concept, rather than a real and physical presence, it is next to impossible to fight it. I can understand the opposition to Bush's efforts to bring it (and "them") out of the shadows, it's not how things were done in the past, and goes against the way some people have thought for years. But Iran puts a face on it. It makes a real enemy instead of a will o' the wisp.

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