The free people of this planet face such a threat. A subset of those who acribe to the faith of Islam want everyone else either dead or subjugated. They believe their god has told them they are supposed to be ruling the world. The fact that they are not, the fact that they are failures in just about every meaning of the word, simply cannot be their own fault because their god says it isn't. We who have proved so successful at resisting their attempts at subjugation and destruction must be allied with the devil. That is the only acceptable explanation. Therefore we must be destroyed utterly, enslaved, or forcibly converted to their religion. And there is one group of us who have the effontry to live in the area of the world they largely inhabit. This cannot stand. There is no alternative but to keey trying to push that group into the sea forever.
They have already hurt us several times, but they have so far not succeeded in their goals. They are still out there and they will not stop. What do we do? Do we just hunker down and wait for the next attack, hoping that we can stop it in time and, if we don't, that it doesn't kill too many of us? Do we try to appease those who refuse to be appeased, and thereby show them that we will not try to stop them, making them bold and encouraging them to ever deadlier attacks? Or do we take the fight to them and make it so that they cannot attack us again? Do we eliminate their sources of money and other aid? Do we try to get them to recognize their failure and that this course will bring only more failure and, ultimately, death? What do we do?
Right now, we are answering that question. This November, the people of this country will make a decision that will determine whether we continue on the same course, or turn around and head the other way. I know which way I will choose. What will you do?
Inspiration for this came from reading:
This post by Mike at Cold Fury and this very good (and long) post by Al Maviva on the choices that we face in November and what choice he will make.
Update: Laura of Oddly Normal touches upon this in this post. Excerpt:
To raise the possibility that Osama bin Laden, Yasser Arafat, and the rest, could possibly have any motivation other than the legitimate grievances of their people against the western world is to engage in an atrocious act of racism, on this view -- by definition, they are peace-loving, and to question this is to question their very humanity, and indeed, the humanity of their people. There is no possibility at all that these two and their followers could be indulging in the same xenophobia, intolerance, bloodlust, and irrationality that have marked the entirety of human history. Therefore, the right way to deal with the terrorism would be to assuage their grievances and make them happy. That would work, I think -- are you prepared to convert to an austere incarnation of Islam and, effectively, be enslaved? Because that's what it would take. I'm sure as hell not. Listen to the people! Listen to bin Laden and the Finsbury Park mosque: they don't just want Israel to return to the ummah, they want Spain and Hungary and Austria and Russia and France and America, too. Throwing Israel to the wolves and acquiescing to their immediate demands will not stop them.
There's much more than just this though and I recommend you read it all. Hat tip to Misha.
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