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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (27395)8/2/2007 4:57:50 PM
From: Sully-  Read Replies (1) of 35834
 
Hat tip to Tim Fowler:

<My 2¢ - This is a MUST READ>

Terrorists in Their Own Words

by James Phillips and James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #2057

heritage.org

- A brief snippet:

Islamist terrorists have long been at war with the United States and frequently have proclaimed their determination to win the war. In fact, they see their enemies' unwillingness to acknowledge this war as an act of cowardice. If their enemies refuse to wear the mantle of warrior, terrorists assume that they are weak, lacking in honor, and spiritually infe­rior—and the notion that their enemy is vulnerable emboldens them. Failing to acknowledge that we are at war only encourages the enemy to be more warlike.

Conclusive proof that terrorists are at war with us requires little more than reading their own words. A compilation drawn from translations of a number of authoritative sources illustrates the nature of the challenge that America and its allies face and what needs to be done to combat it.

Declaration of War

Osama bin Laden declared war on America in 1996, but before September 11, 2001, few paid more than episodic attention to the one-sided war that al-Qaeda waged against American targets. Over the past five years, others have echoed his call, as these quotes demonstrate. Together they reflect clear and consistent themes....

- read it all here:http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg2057.cfm
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