re: #110 avanti

This tread shows the divide between the left and the right. The network he chose to speak is more moderate then Al Jazeera that Bush staffers gave interviews on. It is far from moderate by western standards but the best available if the new administration wants to show a new face to the moderate Arabs.
I watched Obama condemn the terrorists and offer a more positive alternative to return to a pre terrorist dialog with the Muslim’s. We may disagree with the chances of success, but I don’t see the downside of condemning the radicals, and trying to build a bridge to the moderates. If he tones down the hated by even a few points it’s worth the effort.
I’ll wait to see the reaction to the interview in the Arab world to see.

What exactly is the alternative? And when was the period “pre-terrorist”?…9/10/01? Your intelligence is overwhelming.