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Politics : New FADG.
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To: michael97123 who wrote (605)5/21/2007 3:43:13 PM
From: HawkmoonRead Replies (2) of 4152
 
Do we both agree that getting bin laden and cutting off the head of the snake is the most important thing we could do?

Actually.. no.. I don't. Bin Ladin's head is of little value if it comes at the price of antagonizing 70 million Pakistanis who seem to sympathize with his fundamentalist views (if not his outright militancy).

And Michael, my friend, the head of the snake lies within Saudi Arabia. It is the location where this Wahabbist/Salafist/Takfirist/Jihadist (pick a label, any label.. ) religious militancy derives..

And that's going to be a long-term battle that can only be won (without tremendous loss of life) by promoting reforms within the Mid-East that forces the Saudi clerics to moderate their religious stance.

That's how we, ultimately, win this war against Islamic militancy Michael. We must act as a force for promoting reform and economic/political diversity within the region.

Hawk
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