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A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION

tions should be seen as complementary and helpful to one another.

Furthermore, all proposals made by the representatives of the mil-
itary-industrial interest groups should be received cautiously, for
they see international tension as a potential market and a source of
economic gain—even at the cost of human lives.

2- Advocates of Militant Christianity
Christianity is a religion of peace and love, for the Bible com-
mands Christians to love even their enemies and to do good for
people. Many Christians follow this advice and live peacefully.
Most churches and religious leaders in America fall within these
parameters. However, some other Christian leaders have pre-

served their Crusader instincts, as reflected in their aggressive and
unjustified comments against Islam. On the one hand, they wrong
the Muslims with their comments and, on the other, misrepresent
the Old Testament by suggesting that there will soon be a war be-
tween Muslims and the West—and, even worse, that this war is
necessary. These Christian faults reflect a strategic vision in line

with some radical zionist elements in Israel, and their error must be
explained to them by fellow Christians.

3- Radical and Atheistic Zionists
Among those who desire such a "crusade" against Islam, some
radical Israeli politicians and the like-minded Israeli lobby in
America are the keenest. Instead of withdrawing from the
Occupied Territories and making peace with the Arabs, they be-
lieve that Israel must continue its hard-line policies uncompromis-
ingly. As the "Iron Wall" strategy proposed in the 1920s by the fas-
cist zionist leader Jabotinsky requires, they would like to see Israel
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as a modern day Sparta with America financing this war machine.
The American administration must be very cautious in its

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