Vaguely Genocidal

I frequently contribute "behind the scenes" at
IBA, though I have never posted here.

Pastorius nudged me into it, so here goes.

Van der Leun, over at American Digest, suggests
that the West, and indeed America, may become
genocidal if Islam and it's radicals cannot
be tamed.

He wanders about, almost afraid to come out
with the point he is trying to make, but gets
there, in the end.

After nine fairly lengthy sections of essay,
jackpot:

Should the United States come to feel threatened in a similar way, its preferred technique (also perfected in the last century) is remote genocide. To employ it would plunge this nation into a decades-long tunnel of political and spiritual agony, and change our destiny and character forever. But I have no doubt that, if we feel for any reason threatened enough, we will indeed come to the day when the unthinkable becomes a series of orders yielding a set of trajectories that end millions of lives in less than an instant, with North Korea a brief footnote.

Van der Leun makes several great observations on the WOT, in
the final analysis, concludes;
Yes, America will destroy you, if you persist on your present path.

Go read the entire thing, it is well worth your time.

I have some thoughts on Islam, and America.

Through the ages, millions have fought and died to
further mankinds upward climb, from savagery to
civilization.
Occasionally, persistently, the forces for civilization
are forced to fight and defend the mechanisms of their
societies and civilizations.

We find ourselves in one of those times. Fighting evil
on numerous fronts, feeling persecuted by savages using
modern weapons, designed by us.
Terrorism, financed by our own desires to be mobile. (oil)

We are surrounded by traitors at home, as well.

The media is guilty. They need to forget about the past,
and look at the truth, here and now. Misrepresentation of
actual facts, during a war, is treasonous, plain and simple.

There is no shame in defending our civilization.
We earned it.

I find no moral dilemma in terminating those who would see us perish.

Silence, in the face of evil, is no different than the actual act.