I’ve been saying for years now that this is a cultural clash. Its really WWIV and while I’d like to say something about peace and how I hope for it and all that. Really this editorial lays out my thoughts on the rise of Islamofascism and its paraellels with the 30′s much better than I could at the moment. It really is them or us. There doesn’t seem to be alot of desire for peaceful co-existence on their end. Even my Husband who was always far more apologetic towards Muslims than I am, thinks enough is enough already. I’m not saying all muslims are genocidal maniacs. Here in the west we are always careful to say not *all* of muslims are bad, but where is the general disgust over the russian school massacre or london or the paris riots. Being a citizen of the great satan I don’t neccessarily expect them to weep over 9/11 (but it would be nice) I do however expect reasonable, civilized people to react rather strongly to massacring innocent russian kids and burning france. France has stood in the way in the G.W.O.T more than any other country. After London and Russia (the school not the more recent attacks) there were a few rays of hope but if the general islamic population doesn’t take charge and cleanse itself of these barbarians eventually someone somewhere will do it for them and when that happens it will make the atrocities of WWII look like nothing. And no one will mourn for them because they will have called it upon themselves. Then I read the words of this man, Mithal al-Alusi, who after his two sons were killed said this to radio free europe
Again, the ghosts of death are going out. They are ready to kill a person, ready to kill the peace, ready to kill the victory of Iraqis and their right to life. Again, henchmen of the Ba’ath [party] and dirty terrorist gangs, al-Qaeda and others, are going out convinced that they can determine life and death as they desire. Iraq will not die. My children, three people [in all] — one of my bodyguards and two of my children — died as heroes, no differently from other people who find their heroic deaths. But we will not, [I swear] by God, hand Iraq over to murderers and terrorists.
While I wish my husband wasn’t deploying hearing words like that does make it easier. A whole lot easier.