Smarter than the Bush/Cheney administration, for sure--and most conventional thinkers for that matter--and more effective than threats, bullets and bombs. That's what they are saying about a new comic book, "The 99", featuring Middle East action heroes and honoring the best of Middle Eastern history and culture. The brain child of Scott Atrans, a think-tanker who studies young people who give themselves up as fodder in the al Qaeda martyrdom machine, it is already reaching tens of thousands of young Muslim kids--and with some apparent success. Only problem is that it needs to reach millions. Still, it's an encouraging start. Who'd a thunk it? Comics...
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