Is it really just Wahhabism? The Iran mullahs aren't Wahhabis and they seem to hate the US just as much. And is any Muslim country openly denouncing and stamping out such behavior?
It seems to me that one way to make things easier on us is to stop provoking the Muslim world with our arrogant behavior (not to mention our irrational support of Israel). That is, if we were actually and truly acting in self-defense, then we should have the moral high ground. But it's obvious we aren't. Afghanistan was defensible, even ignoring our grievous lack of follow-through. Iraq is not, and it's getting worse.
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Date: 2004-07-25 02:39 pm (UTC)It seems to me that one way to make things easier on us is to stop provoking the Muslim world with our arrogant behavior (not to mention our irrational support of Israel). That is, if we were actually and truly acting in self-defense, then we should have the moral high ground. But it's obvious we aren't. Afghanistan was defensible, even ignoring our grievous lack of follow-through. Iraq is not, and it's getting worse.