US President's Strategy Quiz

Does it mean we should put on blinders about Islam

Does it mean we should take at face value the glib assertions that selfless love is as much at the root of Islam as it is at the core of Biblical Christianity

Does it mean we should simply nod in polite acceptance when we're assured that the destruction of noncombatants in war is as repugnant to Muslims as it is to us

Does it require us to embrace the notion that Islam has as much to offer the world as the religion of Jesus

Where is the Islamic society to which millions of people from the rest of the world are streaming because it is so compelling and ______

IT’S NOT JUST POLITICALLY CORRECT, but probably strategically essential, for the president of the United States and all his people to go on demonstrating to the American public what they call a big diff erence between the radical terrorists of Sept. 11 fame and ordinary Muslims. It’s part of the president’s job to preserve the unity of the country and to defuse secondary diff erences. That’s clearly why Mr. Bush made a point of visiting a mosque a few days ago. It’s why he stressed as he left that Islam is “a faith of

Does that mean the rest of us should put on blinders about Islam. Does it mean we should take at face value the glib assertions that selfless love is as much at the root of Islam as it is at the core of Biblical

Does it mean we should simply nod in polite acceptance when we’re assured that the destruction of noncombatants in war is as repugnant to M______lims as it is to

Does it require us to embrace the notion that Islam has as much to offer the world as the religion of

First and foremost among my doubts is this: Where is the Islamic society to which millions of people from the rest of the world are streaming because it is so compelling and attractive. In what country is this “beautiful religion” practiced in a way that might prompt you to move there for the rest of your