Spot on as usual.

Submitted by John Green (United States), Mar 9, 2006 at 12:49

Why our federal, state, and local governments insist on being institutionally stupid(or dumb on purpose) is a mystery to me. Perhaps because words are the coin of the realm in politics, they take a perverse delight in ignoring facts and actions. Muslims all over the world are telling us that their intention is to rule the world, either by killing or by conversion, and conversion is not the preferred way. Our national reactions are incredible! Lets get together for a ramadan breakfast, and by the way, we'll give more money to the terrorists to show what humanitarians we are.

Case in point: this Dubai port flail. What kind of a store owner would hire someone that hates him, then hand him the keys and have him lock up after hours and not expect any problems.

Are we really so frightened that our oil will be cut off that we must act as though we are already dhimmis in servitude to the guy with the oil?

---

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".