"It is time for the United States to declare a truce with the Muslim world, and radical Islam in particular"

Posted by Robert on August 30, 2004 8:55 AM

Mark Levine in the [1] Daily Star, with thanks to Ali Dashti:

It is time for the United States to declare a truce with the Muslim world, and radical Islam in particular.

This may sound like a naive, even defeatist statement in the context of the 9-11 Commission Report's reminder that the United States remains very much at war with "Islamist terrorism" and the ideas behind it.

Yep.

Yet a truce (Arabic hudna) rather than an increasingly dangerous "clash of civilizations" is the only way to avoid a long, ultimately catastrophic conflict. And it's up to Europe to be the good broker.

Sure, Mark. It would be easy to avoid a long, catastrophic conflict, especially with Europe's mediation. I think the word you are searching for is "capitulation." Even the "hudna" you invoke is only a temporary halt to a conflict to allow the forces of jihad to gather strength. Is that really what you want?

Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2004/08/it-is-time-for-the-united-states-to-declare-a-truce-with-the-muslim-world-and-radical-islam-in-parti.html

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