The way I see things now, we're only at war with the radical fringe within Islam. Those fundamentalists, or Islamo-fascists if you will, are the ones who demand nothing short of the complete submission of the West to Allah, or barring that, total annihilation of the West. But with Europe cowering away from calling a fire a fire, and Israel failing to complete it's objectives based on pressure from Europe (and the US, unbelievably), the radical Islamo-fascists are now being seen as the saviors of their people!
Those who were once regarded as terrorists and thugs among their own people, are now starting to look a lot more effective and thus, become respected. This is not good. It now means that governments in the Middle-East must protect this radical element to satisfy the will of their increasingly beligerent populations. This is how HAMAS won in Gaza and is what is likely to cause Hezbollah to rally during the next Lebanese elections.
This op-ed in the Washington Times explains with further clarity:
BERN, Switzerland. -- Those who gazed into their crystal balls at the end of the 20th century to get a glimpse of coming attractions missed the main event. Islam, whether in the form of young jihadis who live to die killing those who live to live in freedom, or conservative oil sheiks and emirs clinging to divine-right-of-kings privileges by heaping praise on Hezbollah guerrillas, dominates our fear of what the future may bring.
Perception is reality in most parts of the world but nowhere as much as in the Arab world and in the Muslim world beyond. Hezbollah ("Party of God"), listed as a terrorist organization by the U.S., is now seen as the clear victor over Israel, the Middle East's only democracy. For Israel to lose 116 soldiers is comparable to the U.S. losing 5,800 in 34 days of warfare (multiply by 50 to get the equivalent population ratio). So far, the U.S. has lost 2,600 in 3-1/2 years in Iraq).
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