WEST SHOULD NOT GIVE RADICAL ISLAM SHELTER…….by Cal Thomas
Looking at the faces of two men who were among the purveyors of death at Mumbai, India’s Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels, Chhattrapati Shivaji Terminus and Leopold’s restaurant, makes Westerners recoil. We question how anyone could be so insensitive to the value of human life.
The killers – these and others over many years – use Islam as the foundation for their indoctrination, coupling it with the belief that Western society is weak and unwilling to do what is necessary to properly defend itself. They have literally bet their lives that the West will meet their force with something less commanding. And that is why they have, and are, infiltrating Britain, much of Western Europe, America and India.
A caller to one media outlet, representing himself as one of the terrorists, said Indian occupation of “Muslim land” was the reason for the attack. How do you negotiate with that? Radical Muslim doctrine considers all land potential, or actual, “Muslim land”.
The British media are full of stories claiming that some of the Mumbai killers were taught in Islamic schools in Britain and radicalized by fanatical imams before heading to Pakistan for weapons training.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Britain’s Security Service, MI5, “has identified approximately 2,000 individuals who pose a direct threat to national security and public safety and believes the number of terrorists living in Britain could run to 4,000”.
What is needed in Britain, and America, is a change in the thinking that naively believes that simply exposing foreign nationals to our way of life, means they will “catch” it as they might the flu.
All non-Western immigrants to Britain and America should be told that our intention is to Westernize them. They must learn English, study and embrace the history of their host nation and, if they are Muslim, they will be allowed to worship only in existing mosques. No new ones should be built. Existing mosques must be monitored to make sure that hate is not taught and aggressive behavior toward their host countries is not promoted. If such behavior and speech are detected, the mosques should be closed.
Diplomacy should precede or follow war. Once war begins, victory is the only acceptable outcome. The goal of terrorists is victory. If Britain and America settle for less, they will get less, which is defeat.
