Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Speak Up

In today's NY Times, Thomas Friedman writes about what an appropriate response from Pakistan, in the wake of the horrific Pakistani-perpetrated terrorist activity in Mumbai, might look like.

He makes good points. Taking to the streets to denounce this--not saying "Oh, that's not what Islam is all about, those are bad apples" or "But they've been oppressed and blah blah blah"--would be a powerful signal both to the world and to homegrown terrorist wannabes.

Denouncements from the West mean nothing. This is a problem in their religious community that needs to be dealt with, stamped out, at home.

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