18.4.03

WINNING THE PEACE: the importance of the Establishment Clause. Buzz Machine reports that on the first Friday after liberation, many Iraqi Moslems demonstrated for an Islamic government. He notes, "It is time for us infidel Westerners -- religious leaders and the leaders of the U.N., France, Germany, and all their fellow travelers -- to demand democracy for Iraq, to make it clear that we cannot trade a secular dictatorship for a religious dictatorship." Quite so. Balancing the tension between competing religious visions in the political sphere is challenge enough, but it beats having to submit to an established vision.

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