December 12, 2006
Happily, Victor Davis Hanson is one of them:
By past definitions of relative power, al-Qaeda and its epigones were weak and could not defeat the West militarily. But their genius was knowing of our own self-loathing, of our inability to determine their evil from our good, of our mistaken belief that Islamists were confused about, rather than intent to destroy, the West, and most of all, of our own terror that we might lose, if even for a brief moment, the enjoyment of our good life to defeat the terrorists. In learning what the Islamists are, many of us, and for the first time, are also learning what we are not. And in fighting these fascists, we are to learn whether our freedom can prove stronger than their suicide belts and improvised explosive devices.Read the rest here.So we have been given a reprieve of sorts with this war, to regroup; and, in our enemies, to see our own past failings and present challenges; and to rediscover our strengths and remember our origins. We can relearn that we are not fighting for George Bush or Wal-Mart alone, but also for the very notion of the Enlightenment--and, yes, in the Christian sense for the good souls of those among us who have forgotten all that as they censor cartoons and compare American soldiers to Nazis.
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Posted by: John Ryan at December 12, 2006 02:41 PM (TcoRJ)
bitch and cry every time we try to make the world a better place. If we
could just kill off all the lefturds, that would take us a lot farther
down the right path. I hope we meet someday.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at December 12, 2006 06:54 PM (v3I+x)
Like exterminate them.
Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at December 13, 2006 11:53 PM (bLPT+)
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