Something Unimpressive
This entry was posted on 8/28/2006 5:06 AM and is filed under Terror.
David Warren of the Ottawa Citizen has posted another superb
article characterizing our mortal enemy, weighing the threat he poses, and crying out for the West's application of common sense.
"I do not want to insert the standard refrain about the glories of past Islamic civilizations, that political correctness demands. ... But it is certainly true that Muslim authorities, in most preceding centuries, offered a view of God and man’s duties and destiny, that was a whole lot more impressive than the current lot offers. Islam has long been the West’s rival. But we could never have wished our rival to be idiotized to such a degree."