Mark Steyn: They want to kill us all

The Spectator (U.K.) ^ | 10/19/2002 | Mark Steyn

[NovemberCharlie]

He may have. He was certainly using it in even his early post-September 11 columns.

[Hobsonphile]

YOU MUST READ THIS ping!

Steyn is arguably one of the best columnists out there.

[Salgak]

I keep hoping, against hope, that the mantra of "Islam is a religion of peace" is the Bush Administration's way of saying "nice doggie" while we look for a big enough rock. . .

[tm22721]

Ann Coulter was right about Islam and its leaders.

BUMP

[Grig]

I think their plan is to provoke an all out confrontation, everybody on one side or the other. Hence, attack 'moderate' nations like France etc. to push them off the fence.

Insane? yes, but that's what they are. They think if they can split the world into two like that and start a all or nothing war that their god will give them victory.

[spodefly]

Thanks for the ping, Pokey ... Steyn has a way of putting things in perspective ... so much so that it is difficult to believe that anyone doesn't get it.

[jalisco555]

Islamofascist

I have adopted this word into my regular usage. I wonder, did Steyn coin this term?

I believe it was coined by Christopher Hitchens. Great Steyn column, though.

[1bigdictator]

Ping.

[johnny7]

But I am saying that the degeneration of Western culture is hurrying up the process of radicalizing Islam.

Yea... so what. Western culture rules kid.

We didn't clean them out in The Crusades or The Gulf War.

They have to be given a terrible beating... no pity. This is a fight against darkness... a quest no less important than defeating Hitler.

They will nuke us sooner or later. They won't use a sniper next time.

With China and N. Korea puffing their chests, we have plenty to worry about.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

"panto cast on drugs"

What's a "panto cast"?

[Forgiven_Sinner]

A quick Google search showed this is a British abbreviation for "pantomime cast".

[RightWhale]

They think if they can split the world into two like that and start a all or nothing war that their god will give them victory.

They are half right. Unfortunately for them, neither of the two sides would be considered pro-Islamifascist.

[taxed2death]

C'mon, we must rally around our Presedente'....remember "the Saudis are our friends".

[PogySailor]

Another Steyn keeper!

[KC_Conspirator]

Michael Savage claims he coined the term "islamofascist", but he claims alot of stuff. Anyway, I wonder who was the first to use it?

[kitkat]

How many times must we hear that "poverty is the root cause of terrorism"? Poverty is not a cause, it's a symptom. The cause of terrorism is bad government which starves and enslaves its citizens.

[Rummyfan]

Panto ..... Pantomine?? Makes sense in a 'panto cats' buit not in the context of the sentence. I dunno....

[Rummyfan]

Great Steyn as usual. Thanks Pokey!

[Mr. Mojo]

Typical brilliant article from Steyn, but is anyone else here having difficulty linking up to the Spectator website?

[lady lawyer]

Western culture rules for now, but the pathologies that are growing within our culture have the potential to destroy us. Westerners are not replacing themselves. Muslims are flooding Europe just so that the aging socialist European population will have a base of workers to support them. The decline of our families is producing ever greater numbers of dysfunctional, anti-social people who are a drain on society, rather than an asset. The Islamics certainly don't have the power now to destroy us. But they may not have to. Eventually, we may destroy ourselves. The Islamics will think that God did it. Who knows?