[Peach]

Excellent post. Thank you.

[Joe Bonforte]

This one is worth distributing to friends and family. It succinctly states a lot of what I've been trying to tell them.

[Jacvin]

Bump.

[Spiff]

Amen.

[Hail Caesar]

Tyranny Response Team BUMP!

[JenB]

Great find! I'm just so tired of these lies being spewed at me from all around. Bump!

[saminfl]

Send this to LewRockwell.com.

[porte des morts]

Excellent.

Bookmarked and a bump for future reference.

[dighton]

... the fundamentalists are parasitic upon Western culture, their societies unable to mass-produce, or even create, a single one of the weapons they employ.

Yes. Recommended reading on that theme: Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey.

[Jim Scott]

Superb analysis; bookmarked for future reference. Thank you!

[I'm ALL Right!]

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[I'm ALL Right!]

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[RightOnline]

"For the record, in the last ten years, the United States freed the Arab and Islamic state of Kuwait, opposed Saddam Hussein and his murder of Islamic Kurds and Shiites, prevented Muslim Afghanistan from becoming a Soviet satrapy, and saved the Muslims of Bosnia and Kosovo from extinction ? as European and "moderate" Arab states watched the carnage of their neighbors and kin."

Bears repeating. My God, the hypocrisy of these people is nothing short of astonishing.

[x]

Hanson has jumped ship from the paleo schooner "Chronicles" to the neo battleship USS "National Review," and really entered into the spirit of things, swabbing the decks, polishing the big guns.

The paleo crew (Chronicles, Lew Rockwell, Antiwar.com) is wrong about a lot of things -- maybe about most things --, but the neo navy (National Review, Weekly Standard, Commentary, on down to the New Republic) is too overconfident, too eager for war, and too enamoured of the big guns.

The wise course would be between the two fleets, and that seems to be where President Bush is sailing.

[Ancesthntr]

An absolutely excellent read, bookmarked for future reference.

The hosts can be given a series of ongoing ultimatums: to surrender suspects, demolish camps, and cease monetary support — or face the month-by-month, systematic destruction of their military assets, banks, and communications.

This is the essence of the solution to our problem. You'll never completely eliminate the suicidal crazy with a grudge against someone (or everyone) else. Hence there will always be some terrorism. However, the existence of large terrorist organizations able to simultaneously hijack multiple aircraft thousands of miles from their main base and kill thousands of innocents in a single day is entirely a phenomenon of state sponsorship or protection. Eliminate the protection, the money, the weapons, the training camps, the communications infrastructure, the provision of false documents, etc., and you will eliminate groups like Bin Laden's.

If the governments that support terrorism (Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, North Korea & others) don't cease to provide such support, then I favor the World War II solution - invade their countries, destroy their governments and kill (not imprison, kill) the leaders responsible. Do this a few times, and the rest will fall into line. Those that survive may not like us, but who cares? Such actions will put an end to state sponsored terrorism for at least a generation.

[Migraine]

For a terrific quote, try this (I think it'll preach for generations to come):

Terrorism is a tumor with tentacles...

[JMS]

The author got it almost all right. The horrors of the Balkans, especially Bosnia, Kosovo and now Macedonia are directly caused by Muslim extremism that has been let loose in the Balkans. Bin Laden's hand is directly controlling Bosnia's Muslim government and the KLA. This is a broad based Islamic terrorist movement that is attacking Western Civilization which has been aided and abetted by Clinton and Albright and their mindless demonization of the Serbs.

[metal_war]

On the point about the Arabs/Muslims being formidable: If they are not an equal adversary, why are we so worried about them? I think the point should be, what can they do to us, regardless of the source of their weaponry or ammunition.

Remember, they initially got here utilizing our legal visas from our unsuspecting immigration system. They trained their pilots in our schools and using our flight simulators. The killers used 3 of our commercial aircraft to destroy the same real estate that a TU-160 Blackjack bomber would be required for, and which would have been unable to enter U.S. airspace undetected. They timed their mission extremely closely and selected large, symbolic, media-spectacular targets in our seats of finance and military power. All the active participants died (willingly), so no one could be directly questioned or held.

Because of this level of genius and cunning, I would submit that these folks are extremely formidable. They are not the paunchy pashas who rule Kuwait, nor the illiterate peasants on the Afghani hillsides. They are led by a man of wealth, with an advanced degree in Engineering, who (if he is truly responsible) has made good on his promise to, at least partially, bring America to its knees (witness the stock market, airline & travel industries' slide, and the impact on international markets).

Take them lightly at your (and our) ultimate peril.

[WRhine]

Finally a cogent, logical, optimistic assessment of what America faces as we undertake this grueling mission of destroying terrorism as we know it throughout the world. Although America may have to do all the dirty work alone I sincerely hope England stays by our side. We can use her support. BTW, has Canada gone on record for any meaningful support?

[Utah Girl]

Thanks for posting this Jean. I had lunch with my "let's hold hands and sing Kumbaya" friend. She brought up several of these points, now I can rebut them a little more effectively.