Fundamentalist Tendencies And Movements Existed, So Far

Partial Truths Or Half-truths Are Often More Insidious Than Total Falsehoods.

Obviously There Are Divisions Within The West And Divisions Within Islam - There Are Different Sects, Different Communities, Different Countries. So Neither One Is Homogenous At All. But They Do Have Things In Common.

Cultural America Is Under Siege. And As The Soviet Experience Illustrates, Ideology Is A Weak Glue To Hold Together People Otherwise Lacking Racial, Ethnic, And Cultural Sources Of Community.

Global Politics Remains Extremely Complex And Countries Have Different Interests, Which Will Also Lead Them To Make What Might Seem As Rather Bizarre Friends And Allies.

Critics Say That America Is A Lie Because Its Reality Falls So Far Short Of Its Ideals. They Are Wrong. America Is Not A Lie; It Is A Disappointment. But It Can Be A Disappointment Only Because It Is Also A Hope.