The Real War by Diane Singer
So, John Edwards says there is no "war on terror" and that we need to back away from this phrase in order to restore some sanity to our foreign policy. OK, I’ll let him dump that particular phrase if he feels so inclined, but I won’t let him get away with the idea that there is no ideological battle going on between radical Islam (the sponsor of worldwide terror) and the West. Lest we forget, here’s what we’re up against (both quotes are from a newsletter published by the Trinity Forum called "Civilization’s Fight").
V.S. Naipaul — Nobel laureate for literature in 2001 — had this to say about what is at stake in America’s and the world’s struggle to undo the terrorism: "We are within reach of great nihilistic forces that have undone civilization. Religion has been turned by some into a kind of nihilism, where people wish to destroy themselves and destroy their past and their culture … to be pure. They are enraged about the world and they wish to pull it down."
Charles Krauthammer wrote in response to Naipaul’s speech, "We tremble because for the first time in history nihilism will soon be armed with the ultimate weapons of annihilation. For the first time in history, the nihilist will have the means to match his ends. Which is why the war declared upon us on September 11 is the most urgent not only of our lives, but in the life of civilization itself."
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http://thepoint.breakpoint.org/2007/05/the_real_war.html
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