However, the Arabs are united by THREE overpowering impulses:
1. The drive, perhaps understandable, to be free of meddling by Western nations.Impulse #2 may be and expression of impulses #1 and 3.
2. The drive to wipe out Israel.
3. Imperialism.
And Michael Bowers is quite correct that the paramount culprits are not foreign lunatics but self-hating, delusional Americans--the decadent Left--who are the enablers of America's enemies and their fifth column.
Yes, They believe nothing is worth fighting for.
They are far more interested in their own empowerment and in seeking revenge for the perceived injustice of the Bush victory in the last two presidential elections and the perceived injustice of the Republican attacks on the scandals of the Clinton administration, which amount to believing their own propaganda, and in advancing their petty domestic agenda and indulging their delusions, than they are in rising to the awesome challenges that we all face.
And their judgment is overwhelmed by their delusional thinking.
Unless the American people are ready to fight and die to preserve all that we cherish, our enemies will know it. Words and bluffing will not deceive them.
This is why President Bush's actions and those of the heroes of Flight 93 are so important.
This is why the empty proclamations of Democrat politicians and Leftists have no credibility, why "pacifists" have no moral authority. Everyone is for peace.
Bowers is right again when he says that great courage is now demanded of the American people in this dangerous world--great courage, moral and intellectual clarity, and sound judgment.
This means that the decadent and delusional Left must not be allowed to seize power, that the Democrat Party must be defeated at the polls. Those whose judgment is cloudy and whose intentions are suspect can not be permitted positions of leadership in these dangerous times.
The heroes of Flight 93 have shown the American people the way--what is now expected of us, what we must do, and how we can find the courage, strength, moral and intellectual clarity, and sound judgment to do what we must. We must now follow their example. We must not fail them, and we must not fail our children, our fellow men and women, and ourselves.
An enormous challenge is before us. We must rise to it as did the heroes of Flight 93.