Another Daylight Murder

The broad daylight street murder of Lebanese Christian politician Pierre Gemayel is a reminder to our new Democratic congress that the little humanitarian ceasefire in Lebanon last summer only prolongs the regional suffering. Flush with excitement in the hours after the mid-term victories, Nancy Pelosi declares Iraq is a problem to solve, thus demonstrating she has no understanding of the correct problem. The problem is the religion of Islam reacting badly as globalization unites the knowledge of world.

Theodore Dalrymple: Personally, I believe that all forms of Islam are very vulnerable in the modern world to rational criticism, which is why the Islamists are so ferocious in trying to suppress such criticism. They have instinctively understood that Islam itself, while strong, is exceedingly brittle, as communism once was. They understand that, at the present time in human history, it is all or nothing.

Rick Moran is covering the deteriorating situation in Lebanon in a number of posts, but takes time today to remind everyone this is only one front in the broader arc of conflict across the Muslim world. By the way, as bad the Main Stream Media are painting the position of the free world, the lands of tyranny have their problems too.

Rick Moran: Not so fast, my dejected countrymen. In a surprising number of conflicts and crisis where it appears the enemy has a singular advantage, the fact is that any “victory” they might achieve at our expense will almost certainly come with enormous problems for them as well. And given that their legitimacy is not based on popular sovereignty but rather comes from the barrel of a gun, this makes any domestic problems that may crop up as a result of an American “defeat” a threat to their very existence.

Writing for the Brussels Journal, Norwegian blogger Fjordman reviews multiple lines of thought saying all is not lost. Indeed, the creative appropriation of western technology by Jihadists is better understood as evidence of the weakness in the societies obeying the Prophet and the avenue by which the populations are learning exactly their place on the planet.

Why the Future May Not Belong to Islam: Islamic countries are parasitical. Even the massive population growth is only an advantage as long as Muslims are allowed to export it to infidel lands. Deprived of this opportunity, and of Western aid, the Islamic world would quickly sink into a quagmire of overpopulation. This is a long-term solution, to demonstrate to Muslims the failure of Islam.

Democrats are good at understanding quid pro quo but it remains to be seen how well they understand yin and yang. No matter what steps the United States chooses these next couple years, the millions of oppressed and obedient individuals trapped within Islam are going to react back and the world will judge by the results of the actions, not the good intention of the plan.