Link provided for convenience. I thought this was pretty well done. He still sees "a global terrorist movement that exploits Islam in the service of radical political aims" -- in other words, Islam is an innocent bystander. I suppose he has to say that, but I think many of us know better.
But then he follows with this:
"The terrorists do not merely object to American actions in Iraq and elsewhere, they object to our deepest values and our way of life. And if we were not fighting them in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Southeast Asia, and in other places, the terrorists would not be peaceful citizens, they would be on the offense, and headed our way." And that's the point that has to be made again and again.
He also takes on the defeatism of some in this country head-on and does so well. The best statment: "Defeatism may have its partisan uses, but it is not justified by the facts." He then laid out the facts. And then he said, "Do not give in to despair, and do not give up on this fight for freedom." I think people will hear that, even if the MSM won't. |
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