We're Losing the Battle for Hearts and Minds

(Los Angeles Times) Robert Satloff - Our natural allies in the war on terror are beleaguered moderates throughout the Middle East fighting against cultural totalitarianism. To fight the right war, we need to fight the xenophobic, anti-Western, anti-American media and old-style educational systems that dominate throughout the Middle East, reach out to help our hardy but lonely allies, and do more to provide Arabs and Muslims with the tools, such as English language training, to access American politics, culture, and society for themselves.


2002-09-26 00:00:00

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