The last thing we need is for Christians and Jews to be at each other. The media tries plenty to do that (suggesting that evangelicals eagerly await a new holocaust to kick off Armageddon, for example) without one of our very own pundits sparking a new fire while baiting liberal radio hosts and then another fanning the flames for three hours on his show.
When President Bush calls Islam a great religion of peace hijacked by a few extremists I am sick to my stomach, but one thing he says I do agree with - this war is a world war, and it will be a long war. They are everywhere, and they are very patient. And we are in trouble, because we are doing everything we can to accommodate Islamic practices in this country at our own expense. Rather than expecting reasonable assimilation of others, we are stifling Judeo-Christian American culture, in effect destroying ourselves and eventually this republic.
But right now our very own Congress is more concerned about falsely railing against the free speech rights of a private citizen than it is about passing a defense bill, more concerned about winning congressional seats than it is about winning this war. And our president is more concerned about trade relations with Mexico than securing our border. And right now our media, a willing accomplice, is more concerned about Britney Spears' child custody fight than the fact that Syria may very well have had a developing nuclear site and that Iran is no doubt much farther along in their quest than the average American has any clue about. (All of this to the satisfaction of American's socialists, another willing accomplice - what's that book by David Horowitz called?) We are drastically underestimating our enemy, and we will pay for it. Because what Islam seeks is world domination, and if they can't get it through overt war, they'll get it through population growth and a gradual culture change, which is they are doing all over the west right now.
Like you said, Brian, history is repeating itself. And the very few Churchills out there are being effectively shouted down. And one of these days, the fractured Islamic world will come together under one man for their greater good, and they will attempt that revived Islamic caliphate, and God help us if we're not ready for them.
Am I being too dramatic? I sure hope so.
We need frank open dialog, and this qualifies. For too long Christians have been taking it on the chin from all quarters.
From the 'piss jar' to Folsom street. The bashing of priests and attempts to sue the Church out of existence is reprehensible.
This is mild dialog in comparison and I might add constructive. Ann under sneak attack brilliantly framed an issue, and this thread for the most part has been a good read.
Sadly there are those that can really dish it out, but can't accept as sincere a hand reaching out to them.