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What is our problem with defining our enemy?

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Submitted by Herb Sucherman (United States), Jun 13, 2002 at 21:49

I have read several articles by Daniel Pipes, and find him to be very sensible about the United States predicament regarding terrorism. I am still angered by the Movie, "Sum of All Fears", because the enemy was Neo Nazism. What is our problem with defining our enemy as Daniel Pipes has done in the above interview. It is not a secret that our enemy is, hello, "militant Islam". Is it a big secret? Does everyone have to whisper? Not one american I have spoken to denies who our enemy is, so why does everyone, including our Government beat around the bush is speaking about it. I am not saying this because I am Jewish, which I am, but because it is the truth. Unless we can come to terms with this, as Daniel Pipes has said, we will continue to have problems. No one wants to put labels on anything, including what Arafat is, but what is the problem with it. Unless we do something to stop the teaching of militant Islam in the schools of Saudi Arabia and any other places, we will not be going to the root of the problem in my opinion. Call things what they are and stop pandering to those that foster the teachings which sponser the deaths of all Americans.

Herb Sucherman
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Title Commenter Date Thread
What is our problem with defining our enemy? [219 words]Herb SuchermanJun 13, 2002 21:49765
Terror will stop only when we hit the "incubator" [309 words]A.M.BerlinJun 12, 2002 16:46727
So What's So Difficult to Understand?? [171 words]Andrea HyattJun 11, 2002 04:01648
What is moderate Islam? [219 words]Rusty RivetJun 10, 2002 21:29640
On the CNN Interview... [115 words]Jay LermanJun 10, 2002 21:17639
Recognition [20 words]Alexander BarrettoJun 10, 2002 19:09636
If we knew then [148 words]Gil SchwartzJun 10, 2002 17:38634
They Still Don't Get It! [221 words]Ken KeaneJun 10, 2002 17:31633

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