Congratulations! It's about time.

Submitted by Jack Lass (United States), Aug 26, 2003 at 12:09

This is the first thing in a while for which I can compliment the President. It is a shame that it had to be done this way, but at least it is done.

I fear that a mindless drift toward an all-encompassing political correctness has blinded us to the very real danger that militant Islam poses for the West in the 21st century. Your clear-eyed analysis of the problem has, I fear, pricked the sensitivities of the over-sensitive. You have irritated those who will not see.

Here's hoping that your insight will be a real asset to the Institue and that your voice continues to carry to all who would truly understand what we face. We cannot help the Islamic world if we do not recognize the cancer on the body of Islam represented by Islamism.

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