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Submitted by Michael Towns (United States), Dec 14, 2005 at 09:00

"Of course, Bumiller goes on to quote such heavyweight analysts as Kenneth M. Pollack, John L. Esposito, and Shibley Telhami to explain why these top administration figures are wrong to refer to the caliphate."

Why are so many 'experts' almost always wrong about these issues? After all, even I know that the Caliphate is considered to be the Islamic Golden Age. In the 7th century, Islam was on the move in a major way, spreading all over the Middle East, into Africa, etc. I'm sure the radical Islamists would love nothing more than to achieve total hegemony under a caliphate.

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