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...Hitler invaded hell," Winston Churchill proclaimed during World War II, "I would make at least a favorable reference to the Devil." Replace Hitler with Osama bin Laden and you have the sense of the current moment. The order of world devilry changes?and with it the alliances between good and evil, black and white, which make up the gray world in which we actually live...
...crusade. "Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists," he said in his address to the U.S. Congress. In other words, there can be no neutral ground. That has presented the world with a difficult choice, because the nature of the U.S. military campaign against Osama bin Laden, the Taliban and other yet-to-be-named culprits is still largely undefined...
...Bush said he wants bin Laden "dead or alive." While such words may be music to American ears, to others' they are tantamount to a war cry and smack of vengeance. Just after the attack, there was worldwide sympathy for the U.S. With the recent rhetoric, however, it is morphing into a sense of concern that an American-led all-out war could inflict further, heavy, unnecessary civilian casualties. We strongly oppose terror, but we aren't ready to support such a response...
...protest oppression. The bombs may be wrong, but their struggles for self-determination, once much applauded in the West, may be legitimate. Likewise, should the ex-communist thugs who rule over Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan be given carte blanche to deal with opponents as though they were all card-carrying bin Ladenists? And how is the U.S. now to reward China for its support, however tentative? These are?or should be?real dilemmas...
...First, the cold war lasted a long time?more than 40 years. So will the war against terrorism. It will not end with the head of Osama bin Laden on a platter, but with the recognition from even the most embittered that this form of political statement is not worth the price. That could easily take decades, meaning that this effort must be sustained even as governments rise and fall...