Will Saletan rightly freaks out:
By declaring that "as a Christian, I am going to stand with Israel," [Perry] has vindicated Bin Laden's narrative. Across the Muslim world, Perry's policies—starting with his declaration that "it was a mistake to call for an Israeli construction freeze" as a precondition for talks with the Palestinians—would be seen as a Christian-Jewish alliance against Islam.
In the age of Bin Laden, this kind of sectarian bluster would have been bad enough. In the age of the Arab Spring, it's catastrophic. Country after country is grappling with Islam, democracy, and anti-Americanism. The last thing we need is a crusading president who turns the Muslim world against us.
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