Wil's Rant

As expected, more and more nations are examining their customs and immigration laws in response to the terrorism. That much is not all that hard to understand. My concern is the use of the war on terror to silence peaceful dialogue between different groups. It's done all the time now and in the past. It's an easy way to silence your opposition.

The good news is the fact that I think most Americans now consider Bush's strategy in Iraq to by a major mistake and would love a way out. The bad news is the question of whether Iraq will be torn apart by internal strife shortly after. One possibility might be to have a true U.N. peacekeeping force put in place with a majority of the force being fellow Muslims from neighboring countries instead of the Americans. This might at least give the impression that said force would be there only for the reason of helping the Iraqis as opposed to for financial gain.