Jemaah Islamiyah is regrouping and expanding, despite efforts by Southeast Asian governments to clamp down. Are we beating the bad guys the War on Terror™? Are we winning those hearts and minds?
Is this just a minor setback before we triumph and peace reigns forever and forever amen? Or are we doomed to eternal strife with the darkest parts of humankind?
If Bush fans can laud him for having something to do with developments in Lebanon and Kyrgyzstan, I can condemn him for strengthening terrorist groups in Southeast Asia by his diplomacy-challenged words and deeds. Who can claim credit for one and distance oneself from the other?
With great power comes great responsibility. Can our Dear Leaders see that beyond their own egos, battle scars, and paranoia? Unforeseen consequences can damn us all to hell (and we die).
Comments
30 March 2005
12:16
Han
Sometimes its not possible to win hearts and minds. If to win those hearts and minds who wish us harm, we have to give up the freedoms that we have, then there really is no possibility of compromise, is there?
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