Time Magazine. The 21st century War to Save Mankind - plant a tree.
For those men and women who will not and cannot fight to save our planet from Islamo-fascists, they will fight the new danger and no it isn't Islamo-fascism, rather it is global warming.
The above magazine cover defines better that nearly any single issue, what it is that distinguishes liberals from conservatives. Liberals believe that they are fighting the equivalent of an Iwo Jima - saving the planet from global warming. That issue for liberals is paramount. All other issues can be debated and compromised - liberals are not willing to wage war, for that would be counter-productive to the green movement. After all, war never solved anything, they believe. Their condescension for those who fought, and for those men and women who fight for us today, is evident.
Europeans are tired of war. They believe that laws prohibiting hate speech saves the day, tolerance for other religions saves the day - these issues are the single issues all rational and intelligent people care about. Only the bitter gun-toting right-wing do not understand the gravity of the threat. Just as the Nazis were a threat, so to, the left believe, global warming is ever more a threat to humanities survival.
For the left, Islamo-fascism is not a threat. For the left, they are people who, if left alone would leave us alone. They have a peaceful religion and only want to be left alone. The left has bought in to the propaganda of the Islamo-fascists, and why not, they hate Bush, he started it, why not accept, lock-stock-and barrel everything the Islamo-fascists claim. It actually works well, the Islamo-facsists use the leftist view points in their arguments against the West -they are mutually reinforcing.
Some would have us believe that the term Islamo-fascist is too judgmental. I can only respond - so what. It characterizes the enemy better than any other two words. When we called the Germans Nazis, we did not indict ALL Germans. When we said the Soviets were Communists, we did not indict ALL Russians. When we called the Japanese an imperialist state, we were not indicting ALL Japanese. The label is just that - a descriptive label of the enemy we face. We do not face criminals. One million supporters of bin Laden are not called criminals. They are the face of Islam as far as we are concerned. Just as the uniform and helmet of Germany defined the Gestapo and officer - the Islamo fascists are defined by their strict adherence to their belief system - Islam.
It looks like Islam is winning. The Europeans do not have the stomach to fight, to wage war. They are more interested in compromise and negotiation. They are looking for the good life and anything that will allow them to secure peace, is fine with them. They have forgotten their history and consequently we are at a crossroads - in one direction, Europe will learn what it is like to face Islam, and will do so alone. The other path, Europe can stand up to radical Islam and take the initiative against them, wherever they are found.
There is some question as to whether Americans are willing to bear the cost. Financially we are also at a crossroads. The issue will be - elect a candidate who will capitulate to European demands for negotiation and compromise to save money; or elect candidates who understand the threat to mankind comes not from global warming but from an evil more insidious and more dangerous than the most extreme fear mongering by the global warming alarmists - Islamo- fascism.
If they act, the US will act in concert with our allies. If they fail to act, we will do it alone when the time comes, and we will prevail, but the cost will be incalculable.
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