In reading an article from Military Times:  “Afghan War could be quagmire for Obama”

http://www.military.com/news/article/afghan-war-could-be-quagmire-for-obama.html?ESRC=eb.nl

in the comments there is a link to a very, very interesting interview of an Arab American psychiatrist named Wafa Sutan discussing/debating how the current conflicts/wars are from a “clash between a mentality that belongs to the Middle Ages, and another that belongs to the 21st century…a clash between freedom and oppression….civilizations do not clash, but compete….”  (This is dated 2/21/06.)

http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak