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Reader comment on item: [The Need to Name and] Know Thy Terrorists

Submitted by E. Narrett (United States), Nov 19, 2002 at 22:51

Exactly. This is the heart of the matter, and the problem crippling the 'war on terror.'

As Daniel Pipes so astutely states," If the U.S. government intends to prevail in the current conflict, it must start talking about the war against militant Islam. This will then make it possible for others - the media, Hollywood, even academics - to do likewise. At that point, both war efforts will be on the right footing..."

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