Victory in Baghdad. Defeat at Home.

While our troops are winning the war against Islamic terror in the Middle
East, we are losing it at home. The enemies of America use our strengths
against us. They take advantage of the openness of our society -- our freedom
of speech and freedom of religion – in their relentless campaign to overthrow
our way of life.

I believe that the greatest threat to civilization today is Islam. While China is,
no doubt, a major threat to the crowning feature of Western life: democracy
based on individual freedom, that country is the home of the one of the
world’s oldest civilizations. Even if America were destroyed in an all out
thermonuclear war with China, civilization itself would survive.

What we need to wake up and face today is the most pressing issues of our
time: the shockingly rapid and rabid advance of Islam’s virulent violence.

In the name of religion, Islam toils and plots to destroy us. Its most extreme
followers are delighted to sacrifice their own life in order to attack the “Great
Satan” as we are known to hundreds of millions of Muslims.

The plain and simple truth is that Islam is not really a religion at all. It is a
political movement which seeks to convert or destroy all who stand in the way
of the worldwide domination by Islamic law. There is no moral equivalency
between faiths that promote peace and love with Islam, which promotes fear,
hatred and terror.

True, not all Muslims are terrorists. But nearly all terrorists are Muslim. We
can differentiate between Islamic extremism and peace-loving Muslims. But
we must honestly acknowledge that even peace-loving Muslims are a very real
part of the problem: they provide the sea in which the terrorist sharks swim.
Overwhelmed by massive immigration, we are simply unable to identify and
bar entry to those who wish to destroy us: We welcomed into our country all
of the 9/11 Saudi Arab terrorists.

The existence of large Muslim communities in our midst made it possible for
Islamic terrorists to live here – even learn to fly jet liners here – and plot
together the fall of the World Trade Center towers. The plain truth is that if
not one mosque stood in America, the twin towers would still be standing.

By twisting the interpretation of the Koran’s inflexible hatred of infidels, some
Muslims manage to live peacefully among us. But an honest reading of the
Koran makes clear Allah’s implacable hatred of all people and things which do
not conform to Islamic dogma.

The aggressive terror movement that is at the heart of Islam quite literally
threatens the very existence of Western Civilization and the freedoms of every
single person on earth.

Europe is already probably lost to Islam. The future belongs only to those
who reproduce and non-Muslim Europeans are not having children. In
France, the #1 most popular name for a boy is Muhammad. Recently,
French law enforcement officials are calling for help, noting that what Islamist
extremists and hoodlums are waging against them in France is an actual
intifada. The Dutch, also overwhelmed with angry immigrants who refuse to
assimilate, is likewise facing an epic clash of cultures. In England, key cities like
London are on the brink of becoming majority Muslim--a frightening
percentage of whom believe that terrorism is a viable, moral option.

Could this happen in America? It is already happening. In fact, the seeds have
already been planted. If you have been unaware or dismissive of this threat to
the existence of our nation, you might want to read America Alone, a book by
Mark Steyn.

This is not a partisan book . It doesn’t matter if you are a "conservative" or a
"liberal," if you love America; if you love your family; if you love
freedom...you owe it to yourself and your loved ones to get informed and get
involved.

This is not a book of racism or bigotry. Steyn does not attack an ethnic group
or, specifically, those who practice the Muslim faith. In fact, he sheds light on
why Islamist extremism is the greatest danger to Muslims in the world today.
(It should be noted that more Muslims and Arabs have been killed and
persecuted and enslaved by Islamofacism than any other force.)

The greatest danger is the one whose existence we refuse to admit. An
unwillingness to look frankly at an ugly and frightening reality makes ome
commentators dismiss the threat. Most Americans do not remember or do not
understand the threat that we faced in World War II. We do not know what it
feels like to experience our way of life in dire jeopardy. As a result, we
discount any talk of menace or serious threats to our way of life. This
dangerous mindset is perhaps the inevitable result of decades of complacency
and relative peace. The doom looming just over the horizon is simply
inconceivable to many. But Pearl Harbor was real. Nazism was real. And so
was 9/11.

For the sake of the world and civilization, America must prevail. It is vital for
all --including moderate Muslims--that America (and all of the virtues for
which it stands) survives.

It is time to speak out boldly against all the self-loathing, America-hating,
traitorous professors and politically correct pundits who blame the USA for
every ill on the planet. The truth is beyond dispute that America has been an
overwhelmingly positive force for good in this world. The survival of America
-- history’s greatest defender of democracy -- is crucial for the survival of
civilization and its preeminent virtue: individual freedom.

We need to face the unpleasant face that war has been declared and is being
waged against us; we ignore it at our own peril. We need to overcome our
fear of being seen as intolerant or racist or xenophobic and speak the truth
courageously. Our troops are risking their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan; do
we not need to match their courage?