[goldstategop]

In 1946, at the dawn of the Cold War, we knew the name and nature of our adversary. Communism headed by a totalitarian Soviet Union. Today, we have the "war on terror" but our elites are afraid of ideological confrontation. Its ssh on Islamofascism. You can't say this or you can't say that about an enemy committed to your destruction. But hey - you can talk to him and try to explore ameliorating his grievances. Mark Steyn would make a good bet we've become that lazy and complacent. Not good for our survival.

"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 Palelologus

[gogogodzilla]

Ping.

[fporretto]

Steyn remains the pinnacle of political commentary in our time. Not only does he write beautifully; he sees clearly and articulates what he's seen in a fashion that no one can deny or misinterpret.

He's correct about our aversion to ideological confrontation. Unless we overcome it, and take Islam at its word that it intends to convert, subjugate, or kill every last one of us, we'll simply continue to drift toward that precise end. The journey will be powered by demographic forces none of us in the comfortable West can overcome.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Eternity Road

[Cicero]

Last night at dinner, an older woman we know had a bit too much to drink and started giving us a long rant on how Muslims are no different from Christians and Jews, and the Koran is no different from the Bible.

I was pleased to learn that our other friends at the table, though usually very liberal on most subjects, didn’t believe a word of it.

But the public schools and media are very busy trying to persuade people that Islam is as good as Christianity, if not better. With this kind of confusion out there, no wonder people don’t understand what we are fighting for.

[Thommas]

Mark Steyn lays out our ideological dilemma quite succinctly, as usual. Without recognizing that out political operatives are trying to deal with a religious, socio-economic template that CANNOT be intellectually appeased, our elites are doomed to intractable failure. Mr. Steyn gets to the root of the problem, in this article, quickly. The knuckle-dragging proles, us, understand the fundamental nature of the issue, i.e., Islam is the Terminator religion. You can't talk to it. You can't reason with it. It won't understand negotiation. It exists for one purpose only, to establish Dar al-Islam. It positively, absolutely will not stop until everyone else is dead.

The elites, our betters, think that Islam is rational and can be appeased on Western terms.

[Issaquahking]

Behold the Peace of Islam: Picture of the Week
The Empire State Building (currently New York’s tallest following the toppling of the twin towers) will be adorned with green light honor of Islam's Eid-al-Fitr.  If Muslims succeed in knocking it down too, then the Chrysler Building would be the next in line to celebrate the Religion of Peace.

[PGalt]

“The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently: they are most helplessly in its power.

The men who are not interested in philosophy absorb its principles from the cultural atmoshpere around them - from schools, colleges, books, magazines, newspapers, movies, television, etc. Who sets the tone of a culture? A small handful of men: the philosophers. Others follow their lead, either by conviction or default.”

from - “Philosophy Who Needs It?” - Ayn Rand

Time to get educated about ideology. Thanks to Mark Steyn for educating.

[no-to-illegals]

I sincerely believe the majority of the world's people want America gone. America is desired to be gone, by the majority of the world, because the world wants America's wealth and technology. Nations steal America's technology and wealth at every opportunity. Many nations, of the world, act as criminals, and the world is full of criminals whose desire is to take. America is a just nation. America grants her criminals a fair shake. How long America continues to grant the majority of the world's people the opportunity to steal from America is anyone's guess.

The people of America will decide not the world. This fact has been lost to the world. America is the greatest Nation on the face of the Earth for some specific reason, in this time. When America chooses uses her might will be a chosen time, by Americans. I would not want to be in the enemy's shoes, when that time comes. The American People have identified the enemy, even though many of the political leaders on the left have not. Americans sometimes choose to ignore that enemy, but make no mistake, Americans know what is at stake and should a response of overwhelming force be necessary, America and Americans can deliver.

Mark Steyn is an author and writer, of which, I hold in undying respect. The Man hits nerves when he writes. One cannot ask more from a writer / author.

[B Knotts]

True. We cannot win this war if we are unable to be honest about who and what it is we are fighting.