“We are fighting and idea. A powerful idea. We cannot win without extinguishing that idea.”
Read this:
http://www.voddiebaucham.org/vbm/Blog/Entries/2010/9/2_The_Real_War_in_Afghanistan.html
Agreed. One does not address cancer by removing external tumors while leaving internal tumors to grow rampantly. The Taliban are mere symptoms of the deeper disease of the mind brought on by a rejection of love as the central principle of moral life. The Judeo-Christian God is love. The god of Islam is little more than a poorly disguised proxy for Fate, a blind, impenetrable force of destiny that has “compassion” but no heart. The god of Islam is a wobbly shadow of the dysfunctional mind of its ancient founder, a shadow cast long and disproportionately large due to the theory of expansion through violence that is its true engine. Else it would have faded into nothing centuries ago. It consumes and gives back nothing in return. It is a true cancer, and while we need to keep the external tumors in check through force, the only long-term cure is individual and cultural transformation through the love and forgiveness of Christ, Christotherapy, if you will. This is not optional. The disease is metastasizing in Europe, here, and many other places. The human race is all one host, and the disease may take us all if we are not vigilant to fight it on every possible front.