On Frailty & Freedom
Chris Seiple Monday, 1 September 2003
It's hard to believe, but it has already been six months since the fall of Saddam Hussein, and two years since the collapse of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Freedom has come—haltingly—to these troubled parts of the world. But we've all seen the images of chaos, and heard the stories of journalists and friends who come back from the front lines of war and reconstruction, wondering how the advance of freedom has, disappointingly, brought on so much instability. It's worth wondering out loud whether, in such environments, it makes much sense to promote religious freedom. After all, won't it just make things worse in the short-term?
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