Poll: Muslims want Freedom not Terror
Outside The Beltway points to a new poll that show that Bush’s strategy may be taking hold ( Poll: Islam Religion of Peace and Democracy). Apparently the poll shows that increasingly Muslims want free expression and an independent judiciary.
Democrats thought Bush was naive to suggest that establishing a beachhead in Iraq would have repercussions around the Muslim world, but - if this research is accurate - that’s exactly what is happening. The next step, though, is action:
The real question, though, is what are Muslims willing to do to advance these preferences. Continuing to shelter and honor the terrorists certainly will not achieve them. Nor will making excuses for murder. Nor will saying, “We abhor violence” followed by a “but.”
However, progress seems to be happening. Either they really are starting to want democracy or they are at least no longer afraid to say so. This gives more hope than a military win can accomplish. Our military is doing a fine job of handling the terrorists in Iraq, but they can’t make the people want democracy. That’s up to the people themselves.
Somehow I doubt the Democrats will talk much about this poll.
