27 June 2002 >>
“Although the conflict in the Middle East may have originated as a dispute over land, it has grown into something much larger. Hate’s appetite is never fulfilled, and radical Islam, which was bred out of the Arab-Israeli conflicts, has found a more tantalizing target: Westernism. Make no mistake about it: the Middle East conflict and the war that al Qaeda brought to us are one and the same. That’s the reason why—despite the brilliance of the Bush plan—I am pessimistic about the chances for peace.”
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