So, This Is My Plea To All

Nothing In The Constitutions Of Western States Requires Them To Get Involved In Every Foreign Conflict.

It’s A Mistake To Blame Islam, A Religion 14 Centuries Old, For The Evil That Should Be Ascribed To Militant Islam, A Totalitarian Ideology Less Than A Century Old. Militant Islam Is The Problem, But Moderate Islam Is The Solution.

The Israelis Are Very Smart About Politics And Strategy, But There Are A Few Exceptions. One Is Lebanon, The Other Is Gaza, Where They Were Completely Inept.

Anti-islamist Muslims - Who Wish To Live Modern Lives, Unencumbered By Burqas, Fatwas And Violent Visions Of Jihad - Are On The Defensive And Atomized. However Eloquent, Their Individual Voices Cannot Compete With The Roar Of Militant Islam's Determination, Money (much Of It From Overseas) And Violence. As A Result, Militant Islam, With Its West-phobia And Goal Of World Hegemony, Dominates Islam In The West And Appears To Many To Be The Only Kind Of Islam.

My Career Divides In Two: Before And After 9/11. In The First Part I Was Trying To Show That Islam Is Relevant To Political Concerns. If You Want To Understand Muslims, I Argued, You Need To Understand The Role Of Islam In Their Lives. Now That Seems Obvious.