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Glazov quotes British lawmaker George Galloway, elaborating on the rationale for this coalition. "Not only do I think (a Muslim-leftist alliance is) possible, but I think it is vitally necessary, and I think it is happening already," Galloway said. "It is possible because the progressive movement around the world and the Muslims have the same enemies. Their enemies are the Zionist occupation, American occupation, British occupation of poor countries, mainly Muslim countries."

The left - militant homosexual supporter, atheist (rabid anti-God), sexualize women/girls, pre-abortion, rabid feminist, etc. They will be the first to feel the sword when the muslims get power...

"Carlos the Jackal: 'Only a coalition of Marxists and Islamists can destroy the United States'."

The Left understands winning through alliances and coalitions, even with groups they despise personally. Look at the Democrat party; it is composed of groups who probably hate each other, yet they come together to win elections, with the understanding that they will each get something out of it. The Right never gets this. I voted for Sarah and Whats-his-name. Not because Whats-his-name was a good choice; he wasn't. But I knew that it was important to defeat the opposition. Unfortunately, a lot of people didn't vote.

Democrats never stay home on election day, while complaining, "America deserves what it gets, because our party's candidate isn't perfect"!

Congressional elections are about a year and a half away. We need to get our act together and get cohesive. Or at least adhesive. Otherwise it's going to be very dark for a very long time.

If such values as equality, tolerance and human rights are crushed in the process, that's a price many on the left are willing to pay. Those on the left who disagree should perhaps speak up more loudly and more often.

Very good article by Clifford D. May. Thanks for posting. Anti-truth, anti-freedom, anti-life individuals and (their) collectives are likely to join forces. We are seeing more clearly all enemies, foreign and domestic.

"In a new book, "United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny and Terror," Jamie Glazov takes a hard look at this unholy alliance. Glazov's book indicts left artists and intellectuals for having "venerated mass murderers such as Lenin, Stalin, and Mao, Castro, and Ho Chi Minh, habitually excusing their atrocities while blaming Americans and even the victims for their crimes." Glazov concludes that the left's "romance with Islamism is just a logical continuation of the long leftist tradition of worshipping America's foes. ... The left clearly continues to be inspired by its undying Marxist conviction that capitalism is evil and that forces of revolution are rising to overthrow it -- and must be supported."

It goes deeper. They like non-Western primitive cultures of the Third World, especially anti-Christian ones. There is a Rousseau aspect of the Noble Savage. It follows a trend of "neo-primitivist" chic in art and fashion circles that concern themselves with such things. They like anything anti-Western even if it comes into conflict with their secular humanism and liberal belief in progress and science. Liberals will be the first to go in places like Amsterdamistan unless they reverse the trends. But they can't admit the contradictions in their point of view. The cognitive dissonance.

Why is the Left infatuated with Islam? Good question!

When you peel back the onion, the Left has always been after one thing: absolute power. It was true (and obvious) in Stalin’s time and it is true now. The best way to successfully wield absolute power is to totally subvert the individual to the State. To do that, one must tear down the attitudes, values, and traditions that the majority holds dear and replace them with a new, different set. This is a variant on the technique used in military basic training. That is part of the reason why the Left supports things like rampant immigration, Gay marriage, and radical feminism while eschewing established Western religion institutions. Radical Islam fits the bill in two respects. First, like the Left, it seeks the overthrow of Judeo/Christian culture. Second, and more importantly, Islamic clerics have close to absolute power over their adherents. If the Mullahs can motivate someone to be a suicide bomber, convincing them to pay higher taxes should be a piece of cake. Many in the Left must salivate at the thought of having that much control over the individual. At some point, the Left will have to choose between radical Islam and the continued embrace of its traditional interest groups (gays, feminists, etc). I predict they will chose the former, because ultimately the Islamists will be more numerous (in 30-50 years or so).