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|author=Thomas Friedman | |author=Thomas Friedman | ||
|source=The New York Times | |source=The New York Times | ||
|date=March 2, 2007 | |date=March 2, 2007 | ||
|url | |url=http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/opinion/02friedman.html | ||
|quote="But worst of all, Muslims, the very people whose future is being killed, are also mute. No surge can work in Iraq unless we have a “moral surge,” a counternihilism strategy that delegitimizes suicide bombers. The most important restraints are cultural, societal and religious. It takes a village — but the Arab-Muslim village today is largely silent. The best are indifferent or intimidated; the worst quietly applaud the Sunnis who kill Shiites" | |quote="But worst of all, Muslims, the very people whose future is being killed, are also mute. No surge can work in Iraq unless we have a “moral surge,” a counternihilism strategy that delegitimizes suicide bombers. The most important restraints are cultural, societal and religious. It takes a village — but the Arab-Muslim village today is largely silent. The best are indifferent or intimidated; the worst quietly applaud the Sunnis who kill Shiites" | ||
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| Author(s) | Thomas Friedman | |||
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| Source | The New York Times | |||
| Date | March 2, 2007 | |||
| URL | http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/opinion/02friedman.html | |||
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