No news here. We live in a different world than in the 30’s. People would rather pretend there is no threat and if we ignore it it will go away.
Thanks.
Lots of us are fully willing to say that the enemy is anyone who takes Islam so seriously that they insist on forcing every one who is not of Islam that religion’s Three Demands: convert, submit or die.
There are lots of Christians who cannot quite bring themselves to accept the full weight of what Scripture really says. That, for example, Jesus states in Revelation 22:15 that those who practice sexual immorality cannot inherit eternal life. But what happens when a person becomes more deeply converted to Christianity? They should become a more peaceful and godly person.
But contrast this with Islam. The Muslim Brotherhood are accused of promoting a violent, “extreme” version of Islam. What did they really do? They convince people to read the various Islamic holy books (Quor’an, Hadith, etc.) and take what they say more seriously. The result? When a person becomes a more deeply converted Muslim, they become far more willing to commit acts of violent Islamic-framed actions against anyone who does not accept their beliefs. Further, such people accept that to die while attempting to visit the wrath of Allah on people allows them to go to the head of the line at the gates of the Pearly Brothel.
In short, a Christian becomes less dangerous as he understand Christianity more. A Muslim becomes more dangerous as he understands Islam more.
And just because a lot of Muslims cannot quite bring themselves to be violent does not make their religion the “religion of peace” either. Islam has a totally different meaning of the word “peace” than do the rest of us. “Peace” in Islam means you either pay the annual tax to be a second-class infidel citizen or you have converted and are a faithful member of the ummah, the collective body of Islam.
If a candidate for political office cannot accept the truth about Islam, they won’t be able to accept the truth about a lot of other dangers to our safety, such as the danger posed by having an open border and the danger of our present Thelma and Louise fiscal policy. (Smile and laugh as Uhbama drives us off a cliff.)