Response: Islam is an inherently intolerant and warlike religion that has become
synonymous with its most militant elements--for good reason. Organized Islam is
essentially dominated by Islamists and Islamist apologists and sympathizers.
Islamists are clerical fascists who seek global dominance through the imposition
of Islamic law across the planet.
Liberal Lie #3: American support for Israel is the root cause of the conflict.
Response: The root cause is Islam--and Islamism, a political ideology that has
overtaken the religion. The United States could stop supporting Israel; it could
disappear tomorrow (God forbid), and the Islamists would still hate and hope to
conquer the U.S. (and Europe) through terrorism, immigration, and conversion.
Liberal Lie #4: Israeli "settlements" in the "West Bank" are another root cause of
conflict.
Liberal Lie #5: Diplomacy and dialogue are always good things and therefore always
worth pursuing.
Response: Dialogue and diplomacy are means, not ends. In some cases, engaging in
dialogue and diplomacy with enemies can be counterproductive, self-defeating, and
even suicidal. The lesson of the Munich Pact, for example, is that a totalitarian
country that is pursuing an imperialist foreign policy--meaning, a policy that
aims to overthrow the status quo and change its power relationships, regionally
and globally--cannot be successfully engaged (appeased). Misreading such a
country's intentions can be a fatal error, as the world learned in the case of the
British/French failure to preserve the peace in Europe by appeasing Nazi Germany.
Instead of preventing war, appeasement made it inevitable--on Germany's terms.
U.S. President Barack Obama has not only appeased Islamist Iran; he has tried to
align with it and with Islamism in general, seemingly seeing himself as the de
facto president of "the Muslim world," in competition with Osama Bin Laden, leader
of Al Qaeda, the only Islamist organization, apparently, which is still beyond the
pale of U.S. engagement. As a result of Obama's perfidious policies, Iran is
another year closer to acquiring atomic arms and ballistic missiles capable of
destroying Israel, driving the U.S. from the Middle East--before bringing it to
its knees through an indirect and deniable atomic attack--and dominating and
intimidating Europe as it steadily Islamizes.