The civilized world faces an existential challenge to its very right to exist. This violent, genocidal ideology holds more territory today than at any time in modern history. From Nigeria to Iraq, the challenge is being organized by sincere, serious fanatics motivated by religion and willing, indeed eager, to die for their cause. Western elites are terrified of confronting this reality. For years they have refused to take these people at their word, and millions of Iraqis, Syrians, Nigerians, Lebanese, Palestinians and Israelis, among many others, are paying the price. President Obama’s speech Thursday night was a pathetic, shallow, sophistic excuse for a serious conversation with the American people. Americans are not “war weary.” But even if we were, it would not matter. The alternative is the victory of genocidal murdering religious fanatics over enormous territory that they pledge to use to attack the United States. gingrichproductions/2014/08/isis-hamas-and-boko-haram/
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 00:26:26 +0000