To Alex

Submitted by Monty (United Kingdom), Jun 23, 2007 at 15:30

", and I appreciate the need to warn Americans of a more regularized threat of terrorism coming from Islamists in this country in the near future, but the scenario predicted in this article has some flaws. First, Islamists intent upon jihad inside this country lack the territorial contiguity and population numbers to sustain an insurgency like that directed against Israel. "... .... yet.

So what should you be doing now Alex? (Hint, standing back and waiting for them to reach critical mass, and consigning future generations to the inevitable results, is at best probably extremely unwise and at worst a betrayal.) The crocodile is lumbering up the stairs on the way to the childrens nursery room. Do you welcome him at the foot of the stairs to feel transiently good about your multiculural self now, or do you snuff out his predation now to save the future? (I sure hope you don't drive. If you do, I'm taking the bus.)

There is something I really can't get the hang of here. You see folks, I am middle aged and childless. If I care passionately about the lives, prospects and personal liberty of future generations, why don't the other westerners who do have children and grandchildren feel the same? Because when I look around, they all look and sound like you Alex. In fact, like little boxes on the hillside made out of ticky tacky, you all look and sound much the same. Good luck with that approach by the way....

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