I don’t know why we never thought of this:
While it appears from more than one point of view that the War in Iraq and the War on Terror are situations from which we may never be able to extricate ourselves, from the mountains of Pakistan comes a very simple solution: convert to Islam. Before we reject this out of hand, lets seriously consider it for a moment: Osama Bin Laden promised the wars would be over if Americans convert to Islam. This may sound like a lot to ask from the most religious country in the industrialized world. But of all the Christians in America today who profess to be religious, how many of us are seriously devout?
To be fair, this post isn’t from Markos or any of the lead contributors to the Kos site; it’s simply a stunningly simple idea from a Kos diarist. Some say that the war on terror is all about preserving the western way of life — the pluralist societies that respect women and minorities, and encourage freedom of thought and religion, as well as economic freedoms. Why didn’t we realize that if we’re just willing to give those up, we can win? Lest you think this is entirely in jest, 133 Kos readers have voted in the poll to show their support for the idea.
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