ME and Ophelia

THE FACT IS THAT WE ARE AT WAR
It's the Islamist war against the West

Seems to me the blogosphere is full of people with a narrow and naive view of what's going on in the world. Their blog posts clearly show they do not read enough to know what they are talking about. And yet they talk like they know what's best for us. It's like they're judging the picture of a hugely complex jig saw puzzle based on their knowledge of only a few pieces. They can't possibly get the whole picture.

Maybe they don't like to read, or don't have enough time to read properly. Their views are so simplistic. It's scary. These people are voters. How can they be expected to vote for what's right if they don't have all the facts. Ill informed voters could endanger not only the whole future of Europe and America but also the rest of the world. Voters, including myself, need educating on world history and the geography of Europe and the Middle East over the past few hundred years.
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WE MAY BE WITNESSING A STRANGE REVERSAL OF THE 1930's
With Islamo fascists in place of Euro-fascists

Washington-based British born Andrew Sullivan is outraged by Spain's surrender to al-Qaeda's deadly blackmail - and by the Tory voices joining the clamour for capitulation to evil.

Yesterday, a major report written by Andrew appeared in The Sunday Times of London. It explains why we are at war and why the terrorists must not be appeased. Because he explains complex political issues so well, I've extracted the following, from his report, and broken it up into bite size pieces - adding my own headings.

Title of Andrew's piece: "Europe's Appeasers: We may be witnessing a strange reversal of the 1930's, with Islamo-fascists in place of Euro-fascists".
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EUROPE IS MOST AT RISK
And it is not the fault of the US

The latter-day Halifaxes and Chamberlains, when they are not busy running from danger, are busy denying that it even exists. One thing is as true today as it was in the 1930s: it is Europe that is most at risk. It is Europe that is closest to the explosive Middle East - which is growing demographically as rapidly as Europe is declining.

It is Europe that has a Muslim population most receptive to the toxins of anti-semitism and medieval theocracy that sustain the new fascists. It is Europe that is most vulnerable to terror because it is geographically far more accessible across borders and national frontiers. Yet it is Europe that is most set on pretending that it is not at risk. Or worse: pretending that the risks Europe confronts are somehow the fault of America.
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THE ISLAMIST WAR AGAINST THE WEST
Its roots and goals

The Islamist war against the West existed and grew in strength and potency throughout the 1990s. It draws its roots from the Muslim Brotherhood of the 1970s and 1980s. It is quite candid in its goals: expulsion of all infidels from Islamic lands, the subjugation of political pluralism to fascistic theocracy, the elimination of all Jews anywhere, the enslavement of women, the murder of homosexuals and the expansion of a new Islamic realm up to and beyond the medieval boundaries of Islam's golden past.
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DON'T BLAME THE GOOD GUYS
For exposing and punishing the bad guys

Bin Laden spoke of reclaiming Andalusia long before Bush was president. He was building terror camps and seeking WMD while Bill Clinton was in the White House. Blaming the policeman for exposing and punishing the criminal may feel good for a little while but it is a fool's errand.
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WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN AND/OR IRAQ
Would be catastrophic for them and for the West and the entire Middle East

For Americans and Europeans to bicker among themselves about the past when their shared and mutual future hangs in the balance is almost suicidal. We are in danger of missing the most important fact in front of us. It's a fact that, to his credit, Blair has long grasped and refuses to abandon. That fact is that we are at war.
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APPEASING TERRORISTS
Plays into the hands of the enemy

Global terrorism, fuelled by a unifying Islamist ideology and potentially armed with weapons more powerful than anything used by terrorists before, is a formidable foe. Appeasing this force will strengthen it. Blaming allies because they have dared to confront it is simply to play into the hands of the enemy.