Rabbi Lapin here in San Francisco (KSFO 560 on weekends) has a great explanation of why Liberals are so appeasing and capitulating to radical Islam. His first point is that everything Liberal is actually homage to anything FEMININE. Think about anti-war, feminism, radical environmentalism, socialized medicine, illegal alien coddling, no death penalty, welfare, WIC, feminism, gay rights, hate crime laws...they are all about feminizing the society.
He also says that Liberals are like girls who are attracted to the bad boys in school. The bad boy image makes people like Olbermann and John Kerry weak-kneed.
Liberalism is emasculating, that is the true reason behind it.
Interesting.