Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.
I wish the "Times" would let me thank the author directly for his honest attempt to assess our culture.
We ARE "The GOOD GUYS" in this terrible conflict.
The tragedy is, we will now be forced to CRUSH a conflicting culture in order to survive.
Once before, we were faced with "Kamikazes,"--& were forced to crush a competing culture whose only purpose was our annihilation. We NOW face a similar enemy; we are NOW forced to decide--once again--; if OUR culture should survive, if THEIR culture must expire to allow us to continue!--a choice NO civilized culture should be forced to make!
At the end of WWII, the psychotic element of Japanese culture FORCED this horrible decision upon us; now we face the SAME decision, forced upon us by the psychotic followers of a perverted form of Islam.
I sadly think that our answer MUST be the same--WE are STILL the "GOOD GUYS!!"
We must NOT ONLY be admired (however begrudgingly,) but FEARED.
The CRETINOUS Psychopaths who attacked us & MURDERED our innocents (women & children) MUST learn to be TERRIFIED of us.
They must lose one or more cities to HORRIFYING nuclear destruction; they & their offspring must be taught to fear us for GENERATIONS.
The ONLY deterrent to suicidal psychopaths is TOTAL, MIND-NUMBING FEAR.
So be it.
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