In The Islamic World, The U.s. Is

All The Words That George Bush Used In Public During The Early Stages Of The Crisis - "wanted, Dead Or Alive," "a Crusade," Etc. - Suggest Not So Much An Orderly And Considered Progress Towards Bringing The Man To Justice According To International Norms, But Rather Something Apocalyptic, Something Of The Order Of The Criminal Atrocity Itself. That Will Make Matters A Lot, Lot Worse, Because There Are Always Consequences.

I Have Been Unable To Live An Uncommitted Or Suspended Life. I Have Not Hesitated To Declare My Affiliation With An Extremely Unpopular Cause.

The Just Response To This Terrible Event [9/11] Should Be To Go Immediately To The World Community, The United Nations. The Rule Of International Law Should Be Marshaled, But It's Probably Too Late Because The United States Has Never Done That; It's Always Gone It Alone.

In The Islamic World, The U.s. Is Seen In Two Quite Different Ways. One View Recognizes What An Extraordinary Country The U.s. Is.

Look At Situations As Contingent, Not As Inevitable, Look At Them As The Result Of A Series Of Historical Choices Made By Men And Women, As Facts Of Society Made By Human Beings, And Not As Natural Or God-given, Therefore Unchangeable, Permanent, Irreversible.