Reply #79: There is no doubt there are elements on the far left [View All]

[fujiyama]

that are in complete denial about Islamist Jihadi terrorism...or tend to justify these acts almost constantly.

It is important not to paint any place in a broad brush. There are people here that understand that terrorism is a threat and that Bush/Rove/Cheney are not responsible for every single thing that goes wrong in the world.

Unfortunately, we've seen repukes make claims that the left will put the people in danger and Lieberman himself is now making the claim that a Lamont victory will encourage terrorists taking the words out of the repukes' playbook. That smearing must stop.

But it's time for some on the left to face it that radical Islam is illiberal and destructive - every bit as the neocons' policies. Jihadi terrorism is a threat to civilization in too many countries. Moderate Muslims need to be a bigger player in this fight as well though and extremist positions must be shunned, especially by religious leaders without any qualifiers.