the forgotten fact is that Christianity is a much greater force in the world than Islam. It has 50% more nominal adherents, hundreds of millions more communicants, 600 years more history, and an infinitely greater intellectual and cultural basis. Although it has been used as a pretext for group violence in recent memory, as in Ireland, no serious Christian authority counsels or condones violence other than in personal or societal self-defence. Islam lifted the monotheistic concept from the Judeo-Christians and even claim that none other than that frequent flyer Gabriel imparted the divine message to the Prophet, Muhammad.Militant Islam had a spirited try at routing Christianity, and when it was repulsed from France and Spain, it returned in strength 800 years later as a largely secular Turkish force under Sulieman the Magnificent. It laid siege to Vienna in 1529, and again in 1683, but was repulsed on both occasions, the latter by Poland’s King Jan Sobieski. Turkey lost its bid for control of the Mediterranean at Lepanto in 1571.No sane or civilized Westerner would dispute Islam’s historic significance or the right of anyone to practice that or any other religion. But many sane Westerners have together achieved the startling and unfortunate feat of establishing the politically correct fiction that the West is not Christian, and that it is the duty of all to avoid disparagement of extreme Islam, even after decades of endless provocations. The real problem of Western Islam is the failure of the Islamic peoples at self-government and the recourse, not uncommon for people who have been unsuccessful, to pious fervour and a nostalgic yearning for the days of triumphant militancy. But that is not a valid answer to Islam’s problems. As an entire and tolerant civilization, it is our duty to ourselves, and even to the Islamists who fancy themselves to be our enemies, to crush and exterminate this malignant and evil force as soon and thoroughly as possible.
We must stop hiding our Christian light under a bushel, and end this imbecilic fantasy that indulgence of those who would kill or subjugate all of us and anyone else deemed ambivalent in their hydra-headed jihad will achieve anything except the encouragement of their violent contempt. The two most populous Western countries, the United States and Brazil, are overwhelmingly Christian. A very inquisitive person would ransack the Western media to discover this, but a bone-crushing majority in both countries embrace the principal tenets of Christianity.
The moral relativism that the Left would impose upon us eats away at the core of our worldview. It leads to a nihilistic apathy that permits our conquest.
I hope that the 700,000 souls gathered in Paris yesterday were fueled by an understanding of this. If it was merely a plea for "tolerance" and "peace" rather than an assertion of not only what is right but why (that that which is right was authored by the Lord of right), we are no more prepared for the next attack, and the one after that, than we were upon being shocked by what happened at the Charlie Hebdo offices.
You prove my point. In the 17th Century, the West was under siege by an actual country on behalf of Islam. Also proving my point is this from your linked article." The real problem of Western Islam is the failure of the Islamic peoples at self-government and the recourse, not uncommon for people who have been unsuccessful, to pious fervour and a nostalgic yearning for the days of triumphant militancy."
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be so hell bent on protecting Israel that you ignore reality." Besides, they may not be near as grave, but Israel has its own sins.
On another subject, but still pertaining to Conrad Black, now here's a man who is not fond of federal prosecutors:
ReplyDelete"I am proud of being in a U.S. federal prison and surviving it. The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone."
So you are saying we are not prepared for the next attack? What more are you proposing?
ReplyDelete"One reason the terrorists have not succeeded is because of the hard work of thousands of dedicated men and women in our government who have toiled day and night, along with our allies, to stop the enemy from carrying out their plans.And we are grateful for these hardworking citizens of ours.
Another reason the terrorists have not succeeded is because our government has changed its policies and given our military, intelligence and law enforcement personnel the tools they need to fight this enemy and protect our people and preserve our freedoms.The terrorists who declared war on America represent no nation. They defend no territory. And they wear no uniform. They do not mass armies on borders or flotillas of warships on the high seas.They operate in the shadows of society. They send small teams of operatives to infiltrate free nations. They live quietly among their victims. They conspire in secret. And then they strike without warning. --GW Bush, from the speech on terrorism from the White House, 9/6/2006
A hell of a lot has happened side 2006. For one, the Most Equal Comrade has eviscerated our military might. Also, the morale in our intelligence community is at a record low. Also, there is a jihadist entity that has territory now (the ISIS caliphate that spans northern Syria and Iraq; also Boko Haram's control of Borno state in Nigeria) that it is defending.
ReplyDeleteMilitary might ain't gonna cut it.
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