Victor Davis Hanson: Do We Have a Strategy in the War? Yes, and a multifaceted one, at that

NRO ^ | October 12, 2006 | Victor Davis Hanson

[Pirate21]

... [The left] believe lying is not a "sin" in the fight against evil America.

Of course they don't believe lying is a sin; they believe it is a First Amendment right.... to be defended by the very country they are trying to destroy.

[Earthdweller]

BTTT

[Tolik]

I don't get it neither.

Just an example that is as clear cut as I possibly can come up with: One would think that feminists would adapt Afghanistan as their cause and cover it with their support, money, energy, trumpet it in their publications, etc... Some do, but I'd expect 2 magnitudes more...

[Tolik]

5. Wage a worldwide war of ideas that frames the struggle as the freedom of the individual, liberal values, and Western economic prosperity against the Dark-Age nihilism of the world of the caliphate and Sharia law;

THIS is where we are falling down on the job. This is where we need to put more emphasis, or maybe I should say any emphasis. Because if we are doing this I don't really see it.

Amen, brother!

5. Wage a worldwide war of ideas that frames the struggle as the freedom of the individual, liberal values, and Western economic prosperity against the Dark-Age nihilism of the world of the caliphate and Sharia law;

THIS is where we are falling down on the job. This is where we need to put more emphasis, or maybe I should say any emphasis. Because if we are doing this I don't really see it.

[bordergal]

1. Beef up security to such a degree at home that it would require far more training and expertise to penetrate our defenses than what was necessary for the September 11 attacks;

(OR, ignore the border to the point where three elephants and a mariachi band can walk across the US/Mexico border unimpeded in BROAD DAYLIGHT...this is an actual news article).

2. Arrest, imprison, and kill enough Islamic terrorists in the United States and abroad to make it nearly impossible for them to carry off another September 11-like attack;

(Let in 15,000 more Saudi students to the US, and have the highest rate EVER of muslim immigrants to the US in 2005).

Yep, our "policy" is working just fine.

[bayouranger]

2. Arrest, imprison, and kill enough Islamic terrorists in the United States and....

that says it all, folks!

VDH has my support, and I am profoundly happy about his numerical order in terms of things to do. Now DOJ..get to work!

[mbraynard]

In a response piece, Hanson Davis Victor disagrees completely though concedes that Victor Davis Hanson does bring much clearity to the issue to which Davis Hanson Victor is in complete agreement.

I personally agree more with Hanson Hanson Victor who echoes an alternative approach similar to the thesis formulated at the Hungarian War College by esteemed professor Davis Victor Hanson.

[Maneesh]

Good attempt but any Muslim who follows the teachings of Muhammad literally is a huge threat. The Wahabbi / Salafistr are the most literal followers and most of the mosques in the West are funded directly by them. However the Shia Muslims in Iran and Lebanon are no peace lover either. ISLAM clearly promotes lying, cheating, inhumane treatment of women, mass murder and no tolerance of other religions. You are still caught up in political correctness and want to believe that this is an isolated problem with a few muslims. You are wrong, the vast majority of Muslims in America have no allegiance to the USA and are silent enablers or the enemy within. Eventually you will see this truth just as clearly as I do.

[Harrius Magnus]

You noticed that too? It made reading his work much harder.

[bitt]

don't miss

[Captain Kirk]

With the exception of that suprisingly down-beat article, once you've read one VDH article, you've them all. Just think of Eric Idle's rendition of "Always look at the bright side of life" and you get the basic idea.

[ntnychik]

Thanks for the ping.

[randog]

1. Beef up security to such a degree at home that it would require far more training and expertise to penetrate our defenses than what was necessary for the September 11 attacks;

Yeah? Then how did an amateur pilot with no apparent evil motives easily crash his plane into a New York highrise yesterday?

[notdownwidems]

It's gotten to the point that when I click on these threads, I'm half-hoping that someone's laying out a long-term strategy for the defeat of the left, rather than the WoT.

I've said many times that we will NOT win the war against the Islamofascists until we first deal with the traitors who hamper the WOT.

[CarryaBigStick]

Victor cuts through the crap as usual - BTTT!

[Valin]

You are still caught up in political correctness

Me! Not hardly. I just look at the world as it really is. And here in the real world the vast majority of Muslims don't want to enslave or kill us.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Chuck Dent]

I've said many times that we will NOT win the war against the Islamofascists until we first deal with the traitors who hamper the WOT.

We should have treated 9/11 like Pearl by declaring war not only the perpetrator(s), but their allies as well. And, just as the majority of our resources (65%+) were first devoted to defeating the Nazis before we focused back on the original instigators, we should have dealt with the left first before turning our attention to the muzzies.

[Smartass]

Source

There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim.  Like it or not, all Muslims are tethered to the Qur'anic verses and hadiths provides to jihad, the war against non-Muslims, a theological base.

Dhimmitude: History: Jihad

History of Jihad

The relations of Muslims and non-Muslims were set in a context of a war: jihad. Its justification by Qur'anic verses and hadiths provides to jihad, the war against non-Muslims, a theological base. Jihad establishes a single pattern for relations between Muslims and non-Muslims and is central to their relationship. Jihad can be examined at three levels: its doctrine, its institutions, and its historical manifestations.

The ideology of jihad was conceived after Muhammad death. It encompasses a doctrine aiming at the Islamization of the world, supported by military institutions and tactics of war, all being considered as binding the Islamic community (umma). Jihad represents the Islamic worldview of war and peace, it constitutes a specialized domain of Islamic theology and law.

Jihad doctrine divides the peoples of the world into two irreconcilable groups: the dar al-Islam (the land of Islam) and the dar al-harb, (land of war) the non-Muslim world, destined to come under Islamic jurisdiction either by the peaceful conversion of its inhabitants, or by armed conflict. Jihad is the permanent state of war of the dar al-Islam against infidels until they submit to Islamic domination. Peace is accepted only temporarily according to circumstances. The institution of jihad regulates the conduct of war according to religious rules.

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[notdownwidems]

Agree completely. We must not allow them to hide their treacherous intentions behind the facade of free speech, equal rights, 'multiculturalism', etc.