The Glamor of Evil ... Mark Steyn

Steyn Online ^ | 5 Feb 2015 | Mark Steyn

[Rummyfan]

On Tuesday the Islamic State released a 22-minute video showing Flight Lieutenant Muath al-Kasasbeh of the Royal Jordanian Air Force being doused in petrol and burned to death. It is an horrific way to die, and Flt Lt al-Kasasbeh showed uncommon bravery, standing stiff and dignified as the flames consumed him. And then he toppled, and the ISIS cameras rolled on, until what was left was charred and shapeless and unrecognizable as human.

King Abdullah's response to this barbaric act was to execute two ISIS prisoners the following morning, including the evil woman who was part of the cell that blew up the lobby of my favorite hotel in Amman, the Grand Hyatt.

President Obama's response was to go to the National Prayer Breakfast and condescendingly advise us - as if it's some dazzlingly original observation rather than the lamest faculty-lounge relativist bromide - to "remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ".

[spodefly]

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[RicocheT]

Steyn again nails it. He recognizes evil for many is preferable to the platitudes and boredom of liberal Western thought.

“With at least another two years of [Obama’s] civilizational retreat to go, we’re gonna need a lot more security blankets, which is good news for whichever Chinese factory makes them.”