West won't Awake in time

Submitted by Darwin Barrett (United States), Dec 26, 2006 at 18:44

The Islamist's war against the west serves two primary functions. It provides a vivid recruiting platform by raising awareness of Islam's rise to power. (Who dominates the News?) It also divides and bankrupts the last remaining culture capable of impeding Islam's rise to power. This is a win-win for Islam and a lose-lose for non-Muslims world-wide. The only solutions that have been successful in the past were crushing defeat, and with 1.2 billion Muslims dispersed throughout the world a crushing defeat may be impossible.

If the Non-Muslim world united against Islam it might be possible to delay the inevitable but that seems very unlikely. Pacifism, self-hatred and complacency are certainly a factor, but the foundation of western culture is freedom, and freedom gives totalitarians a big advantage. Our culture has painted itself into a corner and it can't get out without compromising it's own standards. We face a very low-tech, dedicated, fanatical group that wants their culture to dominate the world. They know we are in a tight spot, and they will pursue their insurgencies and fifth-column infiltrations until they gain control. Then the US will go the way of many previous civilizations which once dominated the earth. History is a giant early warning system.

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