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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (551741)	3/14/2004 10:01:51 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Some observers see the global political landscape as a complex amalgam of divergent worldviews, shades of gray that usually move in harmony but sometimes collide with violent results. David Frum and Richard Perle, authors of An End to Evil think it's a great deal simpler than that: the United States is good, those who pose a threat, current or future, are evil and must be neutralized or destroyed. Frum, the former speechwriter for George W. Bush credited with coining the term "axis of evil," and Perle, a former assistant Secretary of Defense who was still serving on the Defense Policy Board at the time this book was published, advocate an aggressive, activist approach to stomping out terrorism both within America's borders and in other countries as well. Their plan, described with forceful and urgent language, calls for the United States to overthrow the government of Iran, abandon support of a Palestinian state, blockade North Korea, use strong-arm tactics with Syria and China, disregard much of Europe as allies, and sever ties with Saudi Arabia. Domestically, the authors say, several federal agencies need to be overhauled, a national ID card system needs to be put in place, and the government and its citizens need to realize the gravity of the terrorist threat and step up the effort, as the title indicates, to end evil. Frum and Perle place blame for American ineffectiveness in the fight against terrorism on some political targets one would expect (Congressional Democrats, Bill Clinton) but also point fingers at the present-day intelligence community and even the State Department. It's a broad-ranging political opinion book--one might even use the words "screed" or "manifesto." Perhaps because it tries to cover so much ground, the individually compelling arguments don't hold together as coherently as one might hope. Still, for those who believe that the threat of terrorism is immense and that not nearly enough is being done about it, Frum and Perle offer a stirring call to arms. --Charlie Will amazon.com

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (551741)	3/14/2004 11:21:44 PM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 769667

MADRID, Spain - Voters ousted Spain's ruling party in elections Sunday, with many saying they were shaken by bombings in Madrid and furious with the government for backing the Iraq (news - web sites) war and making their country a target for al-Qaida. Next come Bush and Blair. Del

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (551741)	3/15/2004 7:15:20 PM
From: Stevefoder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Re: "Can you offer a synopsis?" Of book "An End to Evil" To fight terrorism: Three main points: #1: You can not win terrorism of terrorism at home, but we can lose it at home. So we need to make it harder for terrorists to succeed. (One example - create a National ID system with a nationwide data base that makes it harder for terrorists to hide. Another idea - do not let foreign radical Islamic preachers into the country to preach hate against us.) #2: You can not appease or run away from terrorists or terror sponsoring states. You have to confront them head on. They give a variety of ways to deal with different terrorist organizations and states (eg. North Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia). #3: We have to win the war of ideas. They discuss ways to try to eliminate support for Islamic terrorist factories that exist in many areas. They tell ways of discrediting the radical Islamic ideas in the Muslim world. Also they point out the good aspects and bad aspects of how Bush and Clinton have dealt with or ignored terrorism. Example - in approaching the Moslem community right after 9-11 Bush made errors in seeming to appease Moslems in this country. Considering the radical Islamic mind the way it was done gave them a victory.