I understand your point with Shek. Still, if this is a long war-and it most certainly appears to be, then the re-education of our thinking, whether it is an editor at the NYT, a lieutenant on the ground in Kandahar or Mosul, or a poster at this board should begin in any manner that's possible and productive.
Certainly, muslims worldwide would view my efforts to do so initially as clumsy and, worse, disingenuous. However, it's a
LONG WAR. Over time, our reshaping of the dialogue through this more precise lexicon is appropriate. Further, doing so can only accelerate Islam's clash with itself and it's internal contradictions.
Most would classify the latter as the missing "reformation".
That opens a whole new can of worms.
