Down does not mean out

Submitted by David W. Lincoln (Canada), Apr 3, 2007 at 13:10

Just because Islamic states are ebbing doesn't mean that they are less of a menace.

We need to see what is driving their actions, and frankly being called politically incorrect to shed light on a curious dynamic is a price that, most likely, has to be paid.

After all, too many of those who identify with the crescent moon hold a perfidious person who pays lip service to the Koran in higher regard than a person who is not as perfidious, but doesn't identify with the crescent moon.

Does it have to be as complicated as rocket science or brain surgery to deal with?

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