a multi-faceted approach is required

Submitted by Arun (United States), Mar 6, 2007 at 03:05

I agree with Ron Thompson's well-considered post, but I'd add that we should be prepared to take any actions that are necessary to defend the West and our freedoms.

Education is a excellent tool and if employed aggressively can secularize the majority of individuals who are relatively open-minded, but you will have a minority of unintelligent individuals who would be too brainwashed to educate. Those we'd have to eliminate from society. I'd go further-we need to free the world from the terrible clutches of the Islam meme.

Of course we first need to sterilize the West, but then I believe we should seek ways to spread our values into their countries. Since as long as Islam exists, it will always represent an existential threat to us and those who are already enslaved to this madness. If Islam cannot be subdued relatively peacefully, it may lead to a world war. Either way, I truly hope that we see a ferocious Europe/West arise to defend itself. This is not a war we can afford to lose.

One only needs to read about life in Islamic countries to realize how tragic and horrible such an existence would be. Islam in the West should be treated as an invasion by a hostile totalitarian movement (not as a religion) and be dealt with accordingly. They've been defeated before-it can be done again. We in the West just need to know what we have is worth defending and be ready to fight to the death for it. Frankly I have faith that we can succeed, though it will come with a price.

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