Instead of fighting on behalf of political and religious liberty, we risk engaging in a conflict with the false images that the terrorists have created. Worse still, we would bring this conflict into our own societies, where different religious and cultural traditions are now inextricably mingled.
为了确认一点，了解那些向社会宣战的人的观点就尤为重要。他们身处的社会总是首当其冲。但接受恐怖分子对这些事件的诠释就会掩饰这场冲突的真相。我们会冒在恐怖分子制造的假象影响下，卷入这场冲突的风险，而不会为政治和宗教自由而战。更糟糕的是，我们会将这场冲突带到我们自己的社会当中，而在我们的社会里，不同宗教以及文化传统已经不可分离地混合了。