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I recieved this as a portion of a larger post.    The opinions expressed by 
this organization I do not always agree with, but this  next part I do.   
Read, 
ponder, and then make your vote...knowing that  we will be judged by future 
generations.   The results of our vote on  Tuesday may decide much more than 
we 
can even comprehend at this  point.   May we not look back with regret. 
Ray 
Well, it’s here – the 2004 Election – the election that  historians will 
look back on and say was the turning point in the first war of  the 21st 
century. 
They may even call what we’re living in the Third  World War. 
Either way, whether we realize it or not, we are living in  the midst of a 
global war – a war not just against terrorism but against a  religious 
ideology 
that views America and the Judeo-Christian worldview as the  “great Satan.” 
This war began in earnest on September 11, 2001. Rightfully,  America took 
the lead in this war and just a few years after 9/11, Americans  have the 
opportunity to go to the polls and either affirm the aggressive war  against 
terror 
or choose another undetermined path. 
Let’s make no mistake about what is at the heart of this  election. The 
historians will not mistake its meaning.  
Historians will also likely note the great cultural divide in  America right 
now – so many 
hinge issues reflected in the red and blue  states and the county map from 
2000 that revealed two Americas – the liberal  urban centers and the vast 
grassroots heartland. As in the war against terror,  the cultural divide is 
really a 
philosophical struggle between conflicting  ideologies: secular liberalism 
against faith-based conservatism. 
I believe that’s what historians will write about. Two  struggles; one the 
early stages of a global war and the other the turning point  in a cultural 
transformation. And Americans today will make the  call.