[Lothar]

Bob,

I have indeed read the definition of fascism in a number of dictionaries and other pubications. Radical Islam fits that definition precisely. The Taliban type governement is a perfect example.

Let me help you out:

"A poltical philosophy, movement, or regime that exaults nation or race and stands for a centralized government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition."

Many definition include religion with "nation or race". Radical Islam is intolerant of non-muslims and Western culture. The movement would like to topple Arab monarchies in favor of theocratic, dictatorial government.

They wish to exterminate Israel and all Western secular governments. They kill and torture muslims that do not support the movement. Their movement uses religion combined with misinformation about the West to incite participation and support.

Other aspects include the creation of a police state that rewards people for turning in their neighbors for speech that is critical of the regime.

You speak of economics. The Shiites, led by Iran's theocratic goverment would like to take control of a large portion, if not all of the Middle East, to use oil as an economic weapon against the West. Muslim clerics have suggested such ideas in propaganda designed to recruit jihaddists.

Let me back up a moment. My original response to this thread was sincere in that I have been criticized by a number of people on this board and I have been offered exactly the rhetoric that I have written therein.

I was not speaking of campaign ads. I don't disagree that Iraq has dragged out too long or that both parties are to blame for our insecure borders. However, I do maintain that there are quite a number who frequent this OT board who dump on this country and believe that the Radical Islamic movement is well within their rights to attack the U.S. because we deposed a regime that threatened our security as a state sponsor of terror.

That said, we are not at war with "terror". Terror is a tactic. We are at war with a utopian movement that wishes to create a dominant fascist regime based on a perverted form of Islam as soon as they kill us all.