[cicero's_son]

It seems to me that the real point of this article is that the warriors of Islam never give up.

After a crushing defeat, they retreated into the Arabian heartland for over 700 years only to rise again and ultimately overwhelm the Queen of Cities, Constantinople. If we fail to deal a deadly blow to them now, our great great grandchildren will pay for our negligence and lack of will.

[Achilleus66]

Well, for one thing, it was the Turks, not the Arabs who took Constantinople in the end. It was the advent of modern warfare which eventually caused the downfall of the city, ie Turkish cannons.

BTW, I wrote the opinion. I wrote it to show that the fire of jihad can be extinguished. 700 years is a long time. Things will be vastly different, way beyond our ability to comprehend in 2701. You are right though, we do need to eradicate them. A balls-to-the-wall war will give them a much needed attitude adjustment