Dream warriors: Our enemies fight for fantasies, not freedom

Armed Forces Journal by Ralph Peters | Jun. 28, 2007 (Opinion)

Until we are willing to confront the mentality -- the soul -- of our enemies honestly, we can't and won't defeat them.
We seek a logical understanding of mass violence, but war and civil strife rarely explode because of rational grievances. Complaints about oppression, poverty or injustice may serve as superficial catalysts, but few wars can be traced to objective decision-making by the dispassionate leaders of cool-headed populations. War is an ... Full Story »

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 by Don Bliss - Jun. 28, 2007

Perceptive assessment of humanity's faith-based willingness to kill anyone who disagrees with them. The author believes that the military should engage fundamentalist Muslims and discover their dreams. The problem with that is that their dreams don't include continued theft of their resources, or the subjugation-by-proxy that we intend for them. Like other fundamentalists, they just want to hurt those who are different enough to scare them.

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