10-26-06
The struggle between Islamic Militancy and the West, particularly the United States, is one of the greatest world battles of all time. Most liberals and those who retreat to their brand of intellectual insulation are completely unaware (consciously unaware because they refuse to believe) of the threats knocking on our borders.
The Roman Empire, in it's latter stages, grew lax in defense. The population and their leaders did not believe that "barbarians" at the edges of the empire could destroy them. They were the Roman Empire, after all! What threat could uneducated barbarians pose? After all, should a real threat emerge they could simply buy time through a continual process of appeasement. Well we know how that story ended.
The current barbarians threatening THIS empire, so to speak, are Islamic militants. With them, we face a completely new type of enemy. They are no less inspired to destroy us than the German barbarians were to destroy Rome. But the nature of the battle has changed. While the Germanic people were eventually able to overcome Rome with military might (learned from the Romans themselves), Islamic militants realize that path won't work. The United States is simply so overwhelmingly powerful that a direct confrontation would inevitably fail. This is where terrorism comes in. Terrorism strikes at the heart of civilian populations. A response to terrorism is usually military force, which can only address the threat partially and temporarily.
The eventual result of this battle will be in one of two forms: Either the West completely decimates the threat and it's supporters (the whole of the middle east) and transforms their governments to democracies, or Islamic militants will succeed in fragmenting alliances between Western Nations and make any response to their attacks half-hearted at best.
The West cannot afford to lose this cultural clash. To lose would throw the entire world a millenium into past. Terror and total destruction is what awaits us all should our leaders remain so divided over how we deal with threats against our way of life.
3 comments:
Great post. The US is going the way of Rome, for sure.
You need to check your history. The Roman Empire failed because of over-extension, hubris, internal corruption, and decimation of its original political structure.
To "anonymous",
The Roman Empire fell for many reasons...one of the main reasons being exaclty what I stated. Internal corruption i.e. Liberals, and the decimation of the original political structure is exactly right, though. The Romans were not overextended. They were over-politicized, just like the United States is becoming in a much shorter period of time.
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