Wednesday, November 10. 2004
Great reading
This Dailykos diary by Pericles is an incredibly well thought out and well-written article on the goals of the Terrorists' war on the US, and how current administration policies feed right into Al-Qaeda's plans.
Discussing the inevitable military response to a terrorist attack on America, Pericles writes:
JaBbA says go read the whole article. an eye opener.
Discussing the inevitable military response to a terrorist attack on America, Pericles writes:
However, we need not respond with overwhelming force that kills the innocent and guilty alike. It is important that we husband and cultivate the moral capital that an attack will give us, not spend it all (and then some) in an over-reaching reprisal. This was the mistake Bush made in Iraq. The world was on our side -- yes, even France -- when we brought down the Taliban. If we had captured Bin Laden in Tora Bora and declared ourselves satisfied, we could have gained stature, even in much of the Islamic world.
We need to realize that we play to the same audience as Bin Laden: those Muslims trying to choose between the twin dreams of the Caliphate and of finding their own place in the world economy. Anything that persuades them that the world is open to them works in our favor. Anything that closes the door on them works for Bin Laden.
Most of all, we Americans need to keep a leash on our own radicals. They are not working in our interests any more than Bin Laden is working in the interests of ordinary Muslims. The extremists on both sides serve each other, not the people they claim to represent. The cycle of attack-and-reprisal strengthens radicals on both both sides at the expense of those in the middle who just want to live their lives.
In the face of the next attack, be slow to embrace radical, violent, or angry solutions. The center must hold.
JaBbA says go read the whole article. an eye opener.
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