The Mistake That The Bush Administration Should

My Friend, The Dutch Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, Was Murdered In 2004 For Having Been Insufficiently Reverent Toward Islam.

This Was Not An Attack By A Mentally Deranged, Lone-wolf Gunman. This Was Not An 'un-islamic' Attack By A Bunch Of Thugs - The Perpetrators Could Be Heard Shouting That They Were Avenging The Prophet Muhammad. Nor Was It Spontaneous. It Was Planned To Inflict Maximum Damage, During A Staff Meeting, With Automatic Weapons And A Getaway Plan. It Was Designed To Sow Terror, And In That It Has Worked.

You'll Be Pleased To Hear, Christopher, That I Am No Longer A Muslim Liberal But An Atheist [....] I Find That It Obviates The Necessity For Any Cognitive Dissonance.

My First Experience In The Netherlands Was Very Pleasant, Extremely Pleasant. I Mean, I Got My Residence Permit, Refugee Status, Within Four Weeks Of Arrival. People Treated Me Extremely Well.

They Decided To Let Immigrants In And I Am An Immigrant. They Gave Us A Chance To Participate In This Country's Life And I Took It.