Seems fair to me
Reader comment on item: The War of Ideas Ends in Bizarro World

Submitted by Joseph, Feb 18, 2010 16:52

Jeff,

It would seem to me the article merely takes on the ridiculous proposition that the war against al Qaeda's ideology has been won - which is Zakaria's article. The quote you cite has Zakaria arguing that the effort against "religiousity" (which maybe shouldn't be waged) and backwardness isn't over - and thats true. But to say that Al Qaeda's ideology has lost, which Zakaria plainly does at a few points in the article, is - as IPT News writes - absurd. Have there been advances? Sure, but there is a loooooong way to go.

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