George W. Bush, in his global war on terror, has specifically avoided the clash of civilizations hypothesis, holding that the United States is not waging a war against the religion of Islam. However, the president has backed into the hypothesis by saying that terrorists “hate us because we are free.” The president, that is, has […]
Ivan Eland
Ivan Eland is a senior fellow and director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute. He is based in Washington, D.C.