Alas, it falls on too many deaf ears

Listening to the Enemy
By Michael Medved
Townhall.com

Some members of the so-called "peace movement" cherish the naive belief that an end to the Iraq War would greatly reduce the fanaticism of al Qaeda, but they should listen to one of the terrorists' chief spokesmen, "Azam the American."

This Muslim convert issued a late May declaration promising devastating attacks unless the president agreed to six "non-negotiable" demands--including removal of all U.S. personnel from all Muslim nations, imposing a "ban on all broadcasts to our region," stopping all aid and contact to all 56 "apostate" Muslim regimes and freeing all Muslims from U.S. prisons, regardless of their crimes.

Azam also helpfully announced: "A pull-out from Iraq alone in the absence of compliance with the remainder of our legitimate demands will get you nowhere and will not save you from our strikes." Those activists who believe they understand the real motivations of our enemies ought to listen occasionally to what those enemies have to say.