[RobFromGa]

Arab fanaticism now plays the same role for conservatives that Communism played until the fall of the Berlin Wall: it justifies both a vigorous foreign policy abroad and an ever-vigilant approach to potential subversives at home.

Is he saying that Communism wasn't a real threat?

Is saying that Radical Islam is just a made-up enemy of American Freedom?

Is he saying that a vigorous foreign policy abroad and vigilance at home are BAD things?

The Economist has really gone over to the Dark Side on this "reporting".

[gitmo]

Is he saying that Radical Islam is just a made-up enemy of American Freedom?

I think the issue is that the author hasn't heard about the stuff that happened on September 11.