On September 11th America was not attacked by only the 19 men who carried out the carnage. They were merely the "foot soldiers" of a murderous philosophy that is incubating within Islam. Men of good will can and do argue about whether this death-loving philosophy represents 0.5% of Islam or 5%, 10% or more. We know from its indiscriminate murderous acts that it is willing to kill its co-religionists if it suits its terror purposes or if they aren't "Muslim enough" to satisfy the demands of bin Laden and his ilk.
This philosophy, which I regularly refer to as Islamofascism, receives much of its funding and its theological inspiration from Saudi Arabia. It controls large numbers of mosques throughout the Middle East, Africa and across countries like Pakistan and Indonesia, but its tentacles also reach into London, Bonn, Rome and yes - the suburbs of Washington, D.C. and other U.S. cities. Its adherents want the whole world to be under Islamic law. It believes Christians and Jews are "pigs and apes" and that it is acceptable, indeed obligatory, to kill us all! Without a doubt its followers are working right now to bring to all free men sorrows greater than anything we have yet experienced.
In Israel this culture of death has led to countless homicide bombings carried out by Palestinian jihadists against Israeli civilians. Much to its shame, most of the political leadership throughout Western Europe barely wagged a finger at these murderers while constantly demanding that Israel make concessions to solve the "Palestinian problem." Serious leaders of the West have deluded themselves into thinking that if only there was a Palestinian state the attacks would end. But, the Islamofascists are clear about their goal - no Israel, indeed no Jew, can be tolerated in the Middle East or ultimately in the world. As for the rest of us - we are to live under Sharia law or not live at all.
Now this evil has come home to roost - in Madrid and London. Surely this is not the end. Rather it is what Churchill referred to as "the first taste" of a bitter cup that we will all be asked to drink from again and again until we find the resolve to win this war.
Again, Winston Churchill said it best in his first speech as prime minister before the House of Commons on May 13, 1940:
"You ask, What is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us….This is our policy. You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory - victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival."
More From London, by Gary Bauer
British authorities now have evidence indicating the explosives used in the terrorist attack on London were not primitive, as originally thought. Rather, the devices appear to be sophisticated military-type explosives probably smuggled into Britain. Speculation is growing that while the bombs were from outside, the bombers themselves may have been "home grown" British citizens. A number of homes were raided today in Yorkshire in connection with the investigation.
The investigative "facts" are important, of course, and we wish Scotland Yard well as it tries to determine the identities of the exact individual thugs who murdered over 50 Brits. But while the police are doing their work, Britain's political leadership needs to explain the bigger picture.
On September 11th America was not attacked by only the 19 men who carried out the carnage. They were merely the "foot soldiers" of a murderous philosophy that is incubating within Islam. Men of good will can and do argue about whether this death-loving philosophy represents 0.5% of Islam or 5%, 10% or more. We know from its indiscriminate murderous acts that it is willing to kill its co-religionists if it suits its terror purposes or if they aren't "Muslim enough" to satisfy the demands of bin Laden and his ilk.
This philosophy, which I regularly refer to as Islamofascism, receives much of its funding and its theological inspiration from Saudi Arabia. It controls large numbers of mosques throughout the Middle East, Africa and across countries like Pakistan and Indonesia, but its tentacles also reach into London, Bonn, Rome and yes - the suburbs of Washington, D.C. and other U.S. cities. Its adherents want the whole world to be under Islamic law. It believes Christians and Jews are "pigs and apes" and that it is acceptable, indeed obligatory, to kill us all! Without a doubt its followers are working right now to bring to all free men sorrows greater than anything we have yet experienced.
In Israel this culture of death has led to countless homicide bombings carried out by Palestinian jihadists against Israeli civilians. Much to its shame, most of the political leadership throughout Western Europe barely wagged a finger at these murderers while constantly demanding that Israel make concessions to solve the "Palestinian problem." Serious leaders of the West have deluded themselves into thinking that if only there was a Palestinian state the attacks would end. But, the Islamofascists are clear about their goal - no Israel, indeed no Jew, can be tolerated in the Middle East or ultimately in the world. As for the rest of us - we are to live under Sharia law or not live at all.
Now this evil has come home to roost - in Madrid and London. Surely this is not the end. Rather it is what Churchill referred to as "the first taste" of a bitter cup that we will all be asked to drink from again and again until we find the resolve to win this war.
Again, Winston Churchill said it best in his first speech as prime minister before the House of Commons on May 13, 1940:
"You ask, What is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us….This is our policy. You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory - victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival."
Posted by Joseph Alexander Norland at July 12, 2005 10:23 PM