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Let's Fight The Real War, The War On Radical Muslims

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 12, 2008

Why is it that we continue to pussy-foot around the real war we are trying to fight?

Not the "war on terrorism." Terrorism is a tactic used by an antagonist in a conflict, and you cannot fight a tactic.

The enemy is not Islam. Let me say that again so there is no mistake: The enemy is not Islam.

Islam is a religion, just like Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism or any one of other religious beliefs.

In the Middle Ages, Christians tried to impose their beliefs on the world by force - the Crusades, and then the Spanish Inquisition. Didn't work.

Now, some followers of the Islamic religion are trying to impose their beliefs on the rest of the world by force. It isn't going to work this time either, and it's time we stop calling what we're doing the "war on terrorism" and start calling it what it is: The war on radical Muslims.

Not "the war on Islam," or a war on Muslims. The war on radical Muslims. Not all Muslims, only those who thunder from their pulpits that all who do not believe their way must be killed. Only against those who thunder from their pulpits that the United States, Britain and Israel must be destroyed.

Only them. Not all Muslims, only the radicals. We know who they are, we know where they are, we know from whence comes their funding and it is them against whom we should be directing our efforts. Osama bin Laden is still at large, but he is only one and probably getting weaker by the day.

Let us here and now stop talking about the "war on terror," and start demanding that we seek out and destroy the radicals who are hiding behind their religious "freedom."

American media: Are you listening?

Gail B. Leatherwood

Spring Hill

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