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To: JDN who wrote (574811)	5/13/2004 11:22:14 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

An interesting view of the emerging post-Boomer generation (soon to be called the "Reagan Generation"?)... nationalreview.com

To: JDN who wrote (574811)	5/13/2004 11:24:11 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

Fly: <<Second, radical Islamism is at the root of our current dilemma and the United States needs to work throughout the world to fight it in the madrassas and mosques where it flourishes. This involves an extensive public diplomacy effort in the Arab world and an end to support for dictatorial regimes that refuse to grant their citizens the most basic and fundamental human rights and freedoms.>> <<In contrast, John Kerry and an entire generation of Americans have been reluctant to use American power to make a difference. Those of us born after the Vietnam War don't view the world through the same lens as the generation of 1968. As the September 11 generation ages, this will change. This change cannot come too soon, for the terrorist challenge will not rest while our leaders overcome their historical hang-ups.>>...

To: JDN who wrote (574811)	5/13/2004 11:25:54 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Fly, again: <<First, our traditional alliances, particularly the transatlantic relationship, are no longer adequate to meet new threats. As Robert Kagan posits, "It is time to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world." If our allies join us, so be it. But if they are not up to the task, the United States will have to act alone. There is no point in the Clintonite approach of playing rhetorical games at the United Nations as terrorists and rogue states plot to destroy our way of life.>>...