Take the quiz: An End to Evil or How to win the war on terror

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An End To Evil: How To Win The War On Terror
By David Frum, Richard Perle
Random House 304 pp.

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According to Messrs. Frum and Perle there is only one solution to the problem of evil in the world. Their book will most likely inspire the believer and repulse the non-believer. To help you decide if An End To Evil is a book for you, we’ve prepared a little quiz. If you answer at least one question correctly, you have potential to be a soldier in the war on terror and you’ll want to buy a copy. If not, save your money. Answers appear at the bottom of the page.

1. In the history of humankind, who finally discovered how to put an “end to evil”?

Muhammad
Moses
Buddha
Jesus
Richard Perle and David Frum

2. Who is David Frum?

Beats me.
The Reader’s Digest resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

3. According to news reports, in 1970, while working for Senator Henry Jackson's office, Richard Perle was caught on an NSA wiretap giving classified information to the Israeli Embassy. This is a man who…

should be in jail or at least standing trial.
is properly positioned as a Pentagon advisor to decide when and where young American soldiers will be fighting and dying.

4. In 1996, Richard Perle co-authored a strategy paper for Israel's Bibi Netanyahu recommending a " focus on removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq — an important Israeli strategic objective in its own right — as a means of foiling Syria’s regional ambitions.” This is a man who…

may not be able to objectively distinguish between Israel’s interests and those of the United States.
is properly positioned as a Pentagon advisor to decide when and where young American soldiers will be fighting and dying.

5. Trireme Partners is a limited partnership formed “to invest in companies dealing in technology, goods, and services that are of value to homeland security and defense.” A letter from the firm stated that “Three of Trireme’s Management Group members currently advise the U.S. Secretary of Defense by serving on the U.S. Defense Policy Board, and one of Trireme’s principals, Richard Perle, is chairman of that Board.” That would make Richard Perle…

a war profiteer.
properly positioned as a Pentagon advisor to decide when and where young American soldiers will be fighting and dying.

6. How much will it cost to end evil?

Empires rise and fall. If America overextends itself militarily, it will fall like other great powers have throughout history.
“There is no middle way for Americans: It is victory or holocaust.”

7. Terrorism is…

an immoral depraved tactic.
an enemy that can be defeated.

8. Which of the following worldviews could turn ugly in an age of nuclear weapons?

People of the world are either saved by Jesus or unsaved.
People of the world are either chosen by God or not chosen.
People of the world are either followers of Allah or non-believers.
All of the above.

9. George Washington had this to say in his farewell address: “Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests. The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.” He was…

prescient.
wrong.

10. In Thomas Jefferson’s first inaugural address he stated “Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.” He was…

right.
wrong.


Answers:
1(E), 2(B), 3(B), 4(B), 5(B), 6(B), 7(B), 8(C), 9(B), 10(B)

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Fred Thompkins