Moderate-radical Islam: a Religion of Peace and Tolerance part 1471
Their frame of reference is so limited that they do not understand that they have already lost.
Even the bulk of significant Arab/ME opinion is no longer on their side. It is a shame that it will take more killing and suffering to force them to recognize reality.
A number of folks on that side think the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza was a victory for the Palestinian resistance. In a way it was -- in a 1967 or 1973 framework -- but not in the world of 2005. The benefit is to Israel in the long run.
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