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President Bush, Prime Minister Blair, and Pope John Paul II are among leaders repeating a mantra that Islam is peaceful and tolerant. The firmest of distinctions must be drawn between the religion and terrorism carried out in its name. There is no quarrel with Islam as such, but only a just war against Osama bin Laden and the Taliban regime behind him.
One understands the great and the good, of course, and the worthiness of their endeavor. This war is more difficult to win without the support of states adjoining, or close to, landlocked Afghanistan. With the exception of China, these states are Muslim. It costs little to appease the Islamic susceptibilities of ...