[endthematrix]

"If it's not the Crusades, it's the cartoons."

[goldstategop]

I keep thinking Mark Steyn is probably right. 25 percent of the colonials opposed the American Revolution. Some people don't like their comfortable existence disrupted for any cause. That is exactly the mindset America's enemies are counting on to make us lose hope for we better understand this war will last beyond Bush and probably well beyond this century. We're in this fight and we can't forfeit it - unless we all want the peace of the grave for our posterity.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[goldstategop]

Funniest Mark Steyn observation on the 25 percenters:

"To be sure, if Canadian storm troopers were swarming across the 49th Parallel or Bahamian warships were firing off the coast of Florida, some of that 25 percent might change their mind..."

I don't think that's a likely war in the offing. Mark still makes a serious point: If we're only willing to fight immediate threats, we don't stand much of a chance.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[Mygirlsmom]

While it is still there, I would urge everyone to listen to the podcast at belling.com Click on "Hour Two - Part Two".

Mark interviewed a woman who founded the group "Arabs for Israel". It's an amazingly compelling interview that shows the huge magnitude of what we're up against.