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If we want to reduce the threat of international terrorism--especially that which is inspired by the Muslim perception that they and their faith are under assault, we should force Israel to end their brutal and illegal 41 year military occupation of Palestine. By doing so, we would also vastly improve the image of the US in the eyes of the rest of the world because that would suggest that we may finally have decided to be committed to the rule of law and to justice for the oppressed.

Language matters. We've done a disservice to the Muslim world and the intelligence of all Americans by oversimplifying all of these conflicts -- Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and others -- under the guise of one war. These conflicts are largely movements that are using Islam as a political tool to advance their political agendas, and confronting them requires a disaggregated approach that sees them for the distinct conflicts that they are.

Repair the wall between Church and State, especially around reproduction