Battling the Disease of Muslim Extremism by Brooks Mick

"William F. Buckley has an interesting and decidedly gloomy piece in National Review Online concerning Republican prospects and the prospects of success against terrorism. ( author.nationalreview.com/latest/?q=MjE0Ng== ) Though I am reluctant to argue against a man who is both brilliant and one of the founders of modern conservatism, a man I've shaken hands with in the past, I must say that his thought processes stopped before they reached the conclusion to which they aimed.

The following paragraph from the piece has been excerpted and is the subject of comment on many political web sites already:

'General Petraeus is a wonderfully commanding figure. But if the enemy is in the nature of a disease, he cannot win against it. Students of politics ask then the derivative question: How can the Republican party, headed by a president determined on a war he can't see an end to, attract the support of a majority of the voters? General Petraeus, in his Pentagon briefing on April 26, reported persuasively that there has been progress, but cautioned, 'I want to be very clear that there is vastly more work to be done across the board and in many areas, and again I note that we are really just getting started with the new effort.' '

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