[Windsong]

"We see an American civilian, Nick Berg, attempting to live and work decently"

Not to belittle his death, but he was already dead when they beheaded him. And, why did he insist on staying in a war-zone after he was repeatedly offered flights out of Hell? It is akin to an american wanting to "visit" Nazi Germany in 1944 and refusing to take a paid excape route.

[just me]

Islam war against the west is real. They fear or (some say)they do not want their culture absorbed into the western culture. And yes they mean war if necessary to stop it. This country is so politically correct they cannot see forest through the trees.

[neutrino]

Excellent essay! Thank you for posting this!

[Jack Black]

Awesome! Bravo! Five Stars.

[wayoverontheright]

Well done, Mar.

I feel that the silver lining in this cloud is the further exposing of the mainstream media's agenda. Their credibility has been teetering, and this one issue could constitute a catharsis, not certainly for the hardcore Bush haters, but those who are still trying to decide about right and wrong, and whether or not to feel fear or anger, or both.

A lot more people will begin to "consider the source" over the way these two issues have been presented, IMHO.

[Right_in_Virginia]

America must wake up and steel itself for war. I’m not talking about the war we’ve been waging up till now. I’m talking about what we need to be doing from here on.....There is no winning the heart and mind of this foe.

From your keyboard...to God's ears.---May America awake to the reality of the enemy it faces.

Good essay, friend. Thank you for posting.

[IAMNO1]

A really excellent piece. The only thing I'd like to add is that even people who are not "of faith" hold similar concerns as yours about where we are heading as a nation. I am conservative, love my country, and know right from wrong, good from bad. I'm just not religious. I've seen way too much hypocrisy in my lifetime to believe that the answers lie only with theists. Good folks of every variation account for the moral backbone of this great nation, and together, we must fight to regain control of our country's destiny from those who are selfishly leading us into the abyss.

[Quix]

AMEN!

thanks.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Wholeheartedly agree. We have got to do something or it is lost.