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| gary beck |  | 1. Running Interference Fulminations at government are rarely appreciated by our elected officials, except when the authorities need a convenient distraction from accusations of wrongdoing. Then the media deceivers solemnly oblige our leaders by reporting local corruption, by reporting horrible murders, by reporting lurid trials, until we no longer remember our justifiable suspicions. 2. Advanced Warfare In Internet chatrooms and other hi-tech places where young radicals gather, the fight for their hearts and minds is being won by extremists, who misuse Islam to persuade that suicide bombings are righteous by glorifying the attackers and proclaiming them martyrs. The speed of Internet transmission from intention to execution compels us to understand that we must quickly help change the values of young radicals, or risk their electronic recruitment to paths of detonation. | |
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