Posted on 11/28/2008 5:49:49 PM PST by Kaslin
War On Terror: The terrorist assault on Mumbai is the latest clash between civilization and nihilism. From the Somali pirates to the Taliban, this is what the world would be like without America.
The motives and the identity of the perpetrators are not clear, but they don't really matter. The assault on freedom, democracy and civilization itself continues. India is a booming economic power rooted in democracy and capitalism and open to Western culture. These are reasons enough.
That the Mumbai bombings occurred on the Thanksgiving holiday may or may not be significant. We certainly can be thankful that the war on terror has prevented similar events here or a repeat of 9/11 since that tragic day the war on terror began.
Yet, as the assault on Mumbai was under way, Amtrak cops with M-16s flooded Penn Station Wednesday after the FBI said it had received a "plausible but unsubstantiated" report that al-Qaida operatives discussed a plan two months ago to bomb New York City's mass transit system. We are safer, but we are not yet safe.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...
right on target!
ibd has it correct that it’s not just a clash of civilizations; it’s a clash of no civilization attacking innocent and productive people.
The West is facing an implacable foe, one that can only be defeated by exterminating it.
If some of the terrorists were British Citizens, they may have been planning something in London but could not get through security. Why would Muslims in Britain travel halfway across the world to India and then ask British Citizens to identify themselves so they could execute them?
I love the Indians - here and abroad. India on our side? Only good can come from this.
>>>>>>Mumbai (formerly Bombay) now joins London, Madrid, Bali, <<<<<<<<
Huh?
India has had 15+ jihadist attacks since 9/11, some quite major (2006 attack on trains).
>>>>>>India is .... open to Western culture.<<<<<
Yeah, something like that. /sarc
We will begin to make progress toward peace when we’ve leveled Mecca.
Every pissoir in the world ought to be repositioned so that the emission goes straight in the direction of Mecca as a peaceful way to demonstrate to the Mohammedans that we don’t have the slightest regard for their pieties and beliefs, They are a murderous sect that deserves whatever it ultimately brings upon itself, no matter how hideous.
...and let God sort ‘em out.
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