Appeasing the unappeasable Islamic religious bigots

James Lyons:

In a German editorial last year, Mathias Dapfner, CEO of the huge German publisher Axel Springer AG, wrote a scathing attack in Die Walt, Germany's largest daily paper, against Europe's failure to grasp the extent of the Islamic threat.

He noted that Henry Broder wrote in Welt am Sonntag that "Europe — your family name is appeasement" because it is so true. Looking at history, he reminds us how "appeasement" costs millions of Jews and non-Jews their lives, as England and France tried the "comfortable" diplomatic tack to negotiate away the problem with a ruthless dictator who only used agreements to further his objectives.

How is Germany reacting to the escalating violence by Islamic fundamentalists in the Netherlands, the Middle East and elsewhere today? Believe it or not, the response is to suggest there should be a "Muslim Holiday" in Germany that will somehow spare Germany from the wrath of the Islamic fanatics. Incredible!

With our ability to communicate, why can't Europe and a good part of the population in the United States understand that there is an Islamic fundamentalist movement under way directed toward Western civilization's utter destruction?

It is a conflict conducted by an enemy that cannot be brought under control by "tolerance" and "accommodations." Such gestures only spur them on, and are taken as a sign of weakness.

Here in the United States, we have some responsible leaders who actually recognize what Iran is doing throughout the Middle East and freely admit that what Iran, Syria and the proxy Hezbollah group did in its attempt to take over Lebanon was an outrage. This most recent aggression occurred on the eve of President Bush's trip to Israel and was obviously planned to show not only the weakness of his efforts to prevent such acts but total disdain for his Mideast peace efforts.

Nonetheless, some of these same leaders believe we need to offer the rogue regime in Tehran more incentives to make it act responsibly. This even though we have solid evidence Iran continues to wage war against the United States by fueling violence in Iraq through support of proxies. These leaders dismiss Iran's continued training and arming of the special militia groups with the most effective Iranian weapons, including the lethal roadside bomb called "explosively formed projectile" (EFP) that has caused so many American fatalities. We should now reward Iran for killing thousands of Americans dating from Beirut in 1983 to the current Iraq conflict. Nor does it matter that Iran has directed assassination operations in Iraq against officials who oppose Iran, according to Army Col. H.R. McMaster.

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They do not want an agreement with us. They want to destroy us. They don't hate us because we aren't nice to them. They hate us because they are religious bigots who hate everyone who does not agree with their weird religious beliefs. Liberals really do believe that we can artfully present an agreement that will make them change their mind. They are dead wrong and a lot of dead Americans will be the result of their negotiations.