Wishful thinking and wishing won't make it go away
Reader comment on item: Washington Finally Gets It on Radical Islam

Submitted by Laura Maizels (Canada), Apr 27, 2005 at 01:40

Do you honestly believe that without a major military confrontation you will eradicate those who create terrorist armies with the goal of erasing the America we know today? I think it is very sweet to think we can 'purchase' a moderate Islam by pouring billions of dollars into their school system and religious organizations and mosues. I pray it could work, but I know it won't. We will, eventually, have to hit is hard, head on in an all out war and it won't be pretty. ..

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