"Our enemies should know: we will never apologize for being free men..."

jihadwatch.org ^ | 2/25/2009 | Geert Wilders

[Sioux-san]

Geert Wilders' speech in New York on February 23:

Thank you very much for inviting me. And – to the immigration authorities – thank you for letting me into this country. It is always a pleasure to cross a border without being sent back on the first plane.

Today, the dearest of our many freedoms is under attack all throughout Europe. Free speech is no longer a given. What we once considered a natural element of our existence, our birth right, is now something we once again have to battle for.

As you might know, I will be prosecuted, because of my film Fitna, my remarks regarding Islam, and my view concerning what some call a ‘religion of peace’. A few years from now, I might be a criminal.

Whether or not I end up in jail is not the most pressing issue; I gave up my freedom four years ago. I am under full-time police protection ever since. The real question is: will free speech be put behind bars? And the larger question for the West is: will we leave Europe’s children the values of Rome, Athens and Jerusalem, or the values of Mecca, Teheran and Gaza?

This is what video blogger Pat Condell said in one of his latest you tube appearances. He says: “If I talked about Muslims the way their holy book talks about me, I’d be arrested for hate speech.” Now, Mr Condell is a stand-up comedian, but in the video he is dead serious and the joke is on us. Hate speech will always be used against the people defending the West – in order to please and appease Muslims. They can say whatever they want: throw gays from apartment buildings, kill the Jews, slaughter the infidel, destroy Israel, jihad against the West...

[Sioux-san]

This is history repeating itself in a different way but with similar outcome as when the Europeans dealt with Hitler. Before they knew it, their capitulations (and massive collaboration and sympathizing) took all mainland Europe down until America came to the rescue. Islam is an enemy that will respect only military defeat — but they see the Infidels now as weaklings incapable and unwilling to launch a serious war (and that includes the USA, too).