Comments on: Heading Over to Fox News

By: Terry G

Terry G — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:13:00 +0000

I think that your WWII analogy works up to a point. However one major difference between WWII and the WoT is the fact that during WWII the fascism manifested itself in the form of a legitimate government in both Germany and Japan and their armies. I think this makes the enemy easier to identify for most people. I think this is part of why there seems to be so little expressed opposition to the overthrow of the Taliban government in Afganistan (the other reason being that the war was fought for the most part via proxy).

I think your absolutely correct about the need for the President to name the enemy. But if the PC culture has taught us anything it is that he also needs to fight for control of the definition of "islamic fascism". (I think I remember reading something you wrote about how the left is redefining words?) I think the President should use that label but also define it everytime.

By: Enlightened

Enlightened — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:49:00 +0000

Tammy, I do agree with your assessment of the situation.

I agree with the assessment of the Lieutenant Col. in the attached.
http://michaelyon-online.com/media/pdf/vox/Proceedings_12_05.pdf

In both cases, the bottom line, IMO, is that we need to outsmart these facists at their own game. Once the Iraqi people, and the ME peoples as a whole see that the US is promoting a better life for them, they can have no choice but to select good over evil.

In time, the fundamental facists will be out numbered and destroyed by their own folly. Key word - TIME. We have to be steadfast and patient.

By: SteveOk

SteveOk — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:44:00 +0000

Ok, Stalin was one of our allies in WWII, in our fight against Nazi Germany. And it was Hitler and the Nazi government we were fighting (not necessarily fascism). After the war we purged the Nazi Party members and worked with the regular German people to rebuild the society. There are lots of fascist government all over the world but they don’t necessarily export terrorism simply because they are fascist. My point is that what makes the terrorists evil is the acts they commit, not what ideological doctrine they spew. Why are we hung up on what we call the terrorists anyway.

By: ConnecticutBruce

ConnecticutBruce — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:55:00 +0000

Tammy ... I think that while the President is still on the right track, he has been somewhat neutered by the PC hordes of the international community. Every time he tells it like it is, I'm sure the State Dept (feckless thought it may be) receives complaints from their embassies around the world who are horrified ... HORRIFIED by the "inflammatory islamophobic cowboy-like xenophobic blah blah blah" rhetoric from GWB.

I really appreciate the fact that people like yourself, Michele Malkin, and Charles Johnson's "Lizard Nation" are there for us.

PC is going to kill us all if we don't reject it in favor of truth telling.