Regarding Islam, I think most Americans do get it. The curse on us lies in the fact that our elected leaders don't get it, or they float above it all in some sort of elitist immunity. Sure, Bush leads the war in Iraq against islamofacism, and in Afghanistan, but he throws our borders wide open during a war with an enemy whose battle tactics are to infiltrate and cause terror. Our pourous borders represent our weakest spot in the war on terror, and Washington wants to keep them that way. Makes no sense whatsoever to me.
We hear on the one hand that the war in Iraq will keep the fight "over there". Then we read the Homeland Security report that al Quaida will focus its resources on attacking the U.S. While I support the war in Iraq, I never did understand the theory that it keeps al Quaida from coming to America, where the targets are far easier and safer than a direct confrontation with our military. As much as I'd like to see the deportation of illegals begin, I'd far prefer to see the deportation of muslims begin. The illegals want our money and benefits, the muslims want our heads.
“We hear on the one hand that the war in Iraq will keep the fight “over there”.”
I cringe every time I hear that. One attack on home soil would discount that and give the Dems more fodder.
I don't see how those can both be true, at least for very long.
The Pelotians and Reidies don't lie about their contempt for what America is trying to do. It's not like they're fooling anyone.
So the people who elect them know what they're getting.
So I have to believe they're getting what they want.
It doesn’t - it ties up their resouces as they stick to the Iraqi flypaper.