John Hawkins
interviews Michael Medved. Here is one well made point:
John Hawkins: Let me switch tacks here. I ran across an absolutely fantastic quote that you wrote back in 2001 that may be even more applicable today than it was then. It reads, "The truth about our current enemy may prove painfully difficult for Americans to accept. Islamic fundamentalists don't want America to change; they want America to die. That's why they strike out with no goals in mind, with no lists of demands, with no suggestions of how and when they and their colleagues might be placated." Even today when we have terrorists blowing up the UN and the Red Cross, so many people on the left refuse accept the truth about the terrorists. What is it going to take to get through to them?
Michael Medved: A total rejection of their liberal pieties. I mean, part of the problem with liberalism is that it denies the existence of evil. If there's a serial rapist, or child molester, of killer, we have to understand that it is because of his bad childhood. If a bunch of very wealthy kids from Saudi Arabia and Egypt come to America and murder 3000 Americans one September morning, we have to understand what drove them to this level of unhappiness and pain. The truth is that I'm not a Christian as you know, but General Boykin is right. The real enemy in this war. The real enemy in this war is a guy called Satan. That doesn't mean that Osama Bin Laden is Satan or Saddam Hussein is Satan, they don't rise to that level.
Failure to identify your enemies is usually a fatal mistake. Just ask Julius Ceasar. By the way, this one is required reading. (I don't say that often...only when it is honestly true.)
(Hat-tip to LGF)
http://king-of-fools.com/blog/trackback/231/VWieoC4U/