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To: greenspirit who wrote (71231)2/3/2003 8:41:36 PM
From: Jacob Snyder  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Interesting article.

Essentially, he's saying the West can live with Moslem fundamentalists, while making war on terrorists. I guess the implication of that would be: wage a purely military campaign, and don't try to wage a battle for HeartsAndMinds.

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<The fact is that where faith in a loving God is restored, freedom will be better secured >

The fact is, the spread of Freedom Of Expression in the last 200 years, throughout the world, has coincided with the spread of secularism, and the Separation of church and State. Secularism is a necessary (but by no means sufficient, as Stalin proved) condition for a free society.

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<"humanity did evil for 2000 years, but worshipped good." >
RightThought leads to RightAction, as a Confucian would say. If it doesn't, then it has proven itself to be WrongThought.