"No, the author is making the point if the democrats were in control they would begin to appreciate the nature of the Islamic enemy we face."
How can anyone in their right mind believe it, after seeing the way Bill Clinton ignored terrorism, instead of fighting it. There were multiple attacks on us, and he didn't want to take Bin Laden, even when offered to him on a silver platter.
Excerpt from Bin Laden's Declaration of War on the US in 1996
"But your most disgraceful case was in Somalia; where- after vigorous propaganda about the power of the USA and its post cold war leadership of the new world order- you moved tens of thousands of international force, including twenty eight thousands American solders into Somalia.
However, when tens of your solders were killed in minor battles and one American Pilot was dragged in the streets of Mogadishu you left the area carrying disappointment, humiliation, defeat and your dead with you.
Clinton appeared in front of the whole world threatening and promising revenge , but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal. You have been disgraced by Allah and you withdrew; the extent of your impotence and weaknesses became very clear. It was a pleasure for the "heart" of every Muslim and a remedy to the "chests" of believing nations to see you defeated in the three Islamic cities of Beirut , Aden and Mogadishu. "
I am not saying I agree with the point, only that the point Jonah is making (that Democrats being in the driver's seat would wake them up to the enormity of the Islamofacist threat) is different from your point in post #1.
In my opinion, what Jonah advocates is far too big a risk.
Spot on post!