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The West disdains controversy and real debate. Today, politicians are penalized for being too candid. Bush is hated not so much for his political views as for his unyielding stance and lack of self-doubt. That does not sit well in a culture that prizes evasion and self-introspection as its supreme values. Think back to why the Pope was condemned. Not for being a Catholic but for taking a stand on the question of right and wrong. Liberalism has succeeded in stifling debate over life's larger questions. This is why the West is incapable of confronting its enemy in the arena of ideas because its decided its afraid of giving offense. In our time, the greatest sin one can be guilty of is not saying the right thing but taking a stand at all in the first place. It is rigeur de jour to just agree with all sides of a question and take pride in the fact every one is on the same page.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

"In our time, the greatest sin one can be guilty of is not saying the right thing but taking a stand at all in the first place."

That's true. Yeats': "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."

You are so right. Look at what has happened to Rick Santorum. He is one of the few really courageous leaders who has spoken bluntly about the need to defend our Western culture. Yet the elites in the media have turned him into a caricature "right-wing zealot." And even many conservatives turn on him because he isn't perfect. We can't even seem to defend our own leaders as we constantly make the perfect the enemy of the good.

This is all a result of our failing to be a real nation any longer. It is hard to defend something that is rotten in its core. Even natives of this land who cherish its history feel like a minority and get disgusted from time to time. It is hard not to believe that the gig is up and it's best to find an escape. Someone left the gates open and we are changed forever. Face it, the truth is that we suffered the most devastating attack in our history five short years ago and half of the country doesn't care. It's true, they do not care. They hate this country anyway.