[Pokey78]

[Hans]

Super, many thanks.

[Pokey78]

Ping.

[Miss Marple]

Thank you for posting the entire article!!! Steyn makes sense all the time!

[MEG33]

Steyn pains a grim picture.I am paying attention..It would seem that most people in Europe are not concerned.Canada's political correctness is dangerous.

[aculeus]

Exceptionally fine Steyn.

[BlueLancer]

"Only Bush can save Europe ..."

... but why bother ...

[Tennessean4Bush]

This writer is so outstanding, so consistently excellent, so prolificly tremendous. Even when he writes what is really a depressing article I love it.

[Savage Beast]

"History is not just cruel. It is witty."
~Charles Krauthammer~

[massadvj]

In 30 years’ time, either the Arab lady will still be there, or the condom store, but not both. Which would you bet on?

A thought-provoking and graphic metaphor, but I think an unfortunate one. Hopefully, we in the west are fighting for a lot more than condom stores. If not, we are destined to fail.

[ride the whirlwind]

Al-Qa’eda’s PR department is learning how to talk to continentals in a language they can understand.

Ain't that the truth!

[the Real fifi]

Steyn is brilliant and a fabulous writer. This is one of his very best articles.

[Steve_Seattle]

If anything destroys Western civilization, it will be the combination of Islamofascism and the smug, complacent "it can't happen here, I fear Ashcroft more than Bin Laden" idiocy of liberalism.

[McGavin999]

That is a downright freightening forcast. I don't hold out much hope for europe, but what does that foretell for us?

[skeeter]

Mark definitely gets it.

He's one of the few writers that can get away with this kind of truthspeak, even on FR. Others are regularly skewered by the do-gooders for saying essentially the same thing.

[BadAndy]

Even Mr Bush is somewhat constrained. National Review’s "John Derbyshire wrote last week about a ‘1945 solution’ for Iraq. This is shorthand for the bombing of Dresden, the nuking of Hiroshima, etc. — the sort of stern measures that let an enemy know he’s well and truly whipped. But, as Mr Derbyshire points out, war abroad is determined by culture at home, and if we were fighting the second world war today, we wouldn’t nuke Hiroshima or even intern Japanese-Americans: the culture will not permit it. Nor will it permit old-school imperialism. Culturally sensitive nation-building is as aggressive as you can get these days."

This is exactly right. The problem with islamolunatics is that we fight them sporadically and humanely. We beat back just enough to get them off our throats, but not enough to crush them. The Israelis are perfect examples of this. They have been fighting the same war for 40 years. Enough is enough. I prefer the "total war" philosphy of Sherman, Pershing and Patton. Crush the enemy completely, make him scream for peace, destroy his capacity for war and put the fear of G-d into him. This enrage the liberal weanies, but their rage won't last, peace will. We will be better off for it and in the long run, so will the Islamo-scum.

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.

[lawgirl]

This is one of Steyn's best, IMO. Brilliant, and I am bookmarking. Thanks for the ping.

[JulieRNR21]

Steyn really 'gets it'........'managerial' approach on terrorism will not work!


By 2030 those of us left (especially in Europe) ....could be living like the Israelis do today.......go for a pizza or a bus ride & risk getting blown up by Islamic terrorists!

[TwoBear]

I'm beginning to lean towards the "1945" approach myself. I think this method is the only method Islamists will understand; total and ultimate destruction.

My question is, what has happened to mainstream America that allowed this in 45' but won't in 04'? Have people really become this naive or is it just a baseless opinion that's presented to us by the media that believes it?

IMHO, if Bush wins this election cycle, he should pull out, and make the decision that would now be vilified, but throughout history would be seen as the only solution to a World dominated by terrorists. That solution should be nuclear.