The April 24 entry of the Counterterrorist Blog discusses the question covered in my previous entry of how U.S. officials should talk about Islamism. In addition to providing more details on this latest guidance, it also points out that much ground has already been conceded to the Islamists - oops, extremists.
The author, Jeffrey Imm, quotes George Weigel of the Ethics and Policy Center: "if the United States can't explain to the world why religious freedom, civility, tolerance and democratic persuasion are morally superior to coercion in religious and political matters, then America stands disarmed before those who believe it their duty to impose a starkly different view of the good society on us." Weigel is absolutely right.
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