▁police ▁efforts ▁to ▁root ▁out ▁the ▁radical s ▁within ▁Muslim ▁states ▁themselves ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁Western ▁countries . ▁ ▁He ▁pra ises ▁the ▁dec isions ▁to ▁launch ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁Afghan istan ▁and ▁invasion ▁of ▁Ira q . ▁B erman , ▁describing ▁his ▁overall ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁present ▁danger , ▁writes , ▁ ▁As ▁mentioned ▁before , ▁B erman ▁hypoth es izes ▁that ▁the ▁spread ▁of ▁dem ocracy ▁in ▁the ▁Arab ▁world , ▁while ▁highly ▁difficult ▁and ▁involving ▁a ▁long ▁struggle , ▁is ▁a ▁fund ament ally ▁just ▁cause . ▁He ▁writes ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁George ▁W . ▁Bush ▁administration ' s ▁foreign ▁policies , ▁but ▁he ▁also ▁condem ns ▁the ▁President ▁for ▁cred ibility ▁problems ▁and ▁in comp et ence , ▁particularly ▁how ▁B erman ▁thinks ▁the ▁Christian ▁religious ▁fundamental ism ▁of ▁Bush ' s ▁domestic ▁ag enda ▁und erm ines ▁Bush ' s ▁claims ▁to ▁support ▁liberal ▁dem ocracy ▁against ▁milit ant ▁Islam ic ▁fundamental ism . ▁B erman ▁arg ues ▁in ▁broad ▁terms , ▁though , ▁" Fre edom ▁for ▁others ▁means ▁safety ▁for ▁ourselves ". ▁ ▁Re views ▁and ▁responses ▁ ▁American ▁at he ist ▁author ▁Sam ▁Harris ▁c ited ▁B erman ' s ▁book ▁in ▁his ▁own ▁work ▁The ▁End ▁of ▁Fa ith , ▁which ▁expl ored ▁the ▁same ▁them es ▁regarding ▁j ih ad ist ▁terror ism ▁and ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁modern ▁liberal ▁dem ocracy . ▁Harris ▁pra ised ▁B erman ' s ▁writing ▁as ▁providing ▁a ▁" be aut iful ▁primer ▁on ▁total itar