| "American nuclear forces on global alert" is | | | | And several years ago when Islamic factions |
| what CBS dished out as this author awoke on | | | | took over town councils in two Italian |
| that chilly October morning in 1973 while | | | | villages through the electoral process --- |
| attending Madison College in Virginia. | | | | they called for the immediate shutdown of all |
| | | | Christian churches within those |
| This was Nixon's response to Brezhnev's | | | | municipalities even though the local |
| announcing the potential deployment of Soviet | | | | Christian community tolerated Islamic worship |
| airborne troops into the midst of the Yom | | | | and Mosques for many years. |
| Kippur War in an effort to stop Israel's | | | | |
| advance toward Cairo. | | | | This should give pause to all Americans about |
| | | | the enemy we face. Extreme elements within |
| It was both amazing and amusing watching the | | | | Islam have declared a "holy war" against |
| Soviet's quickly back tract in the face of | | | | America bent on its absolute destruction. |
| stern American resolve. | | | | |
| | | | Little attention was given to French |
| To put things in a more contemporary setting | | | | President Jacques Chirac when he publicly |
| is to beg the question --- should the United | | | | announced last year that France would use |
| States consider the use of nuclear weapons to | | | | nukes if attacked by Muslim extremists. |
| deter potential attacks by Muslim extremists. | | | | |
| | | | Since terrorists raid in small numbers and |
| This politically incorrect notion must be | | | | their cells are dispersed within a country, |
| given weight in light of the worldwide jihad | | | | Chirac wasn't talking about using nukes on |
| that has been declared against the U.S. by | | | | his own soil. Neither was he going to |
| Muslim terrorists and the nation-states that | | | | detonate one of those big firecrackers in the |
| support and hide them. It is nothing short of | | | | middle of the Atlantic Ocean. His intention |
| the 4th Crusade and it is taking on religious | | | | was very clear --- and "aimed" by way of the |
| overtones in the form of a global holy war | | | | Middle East. |
| financed by these terrorist nations. | | | | |
| | | | Despite France's failed historic reliance on |
| It is fair to say that national dogma | | | | "appeasement diplomacy", their one great show |
| promulgated by an Islamic theocracy is more | | | | of strength on this issue has thus far saved |
| rigid and less flexible than what is accepted | | | | them from intimidation and attack. |
| within a pluralist democracy. | | | | |
| | | | Some say that using such powerful and |
| This is not to suggest that all Muslims are | | | | destructive weapons in retaliation of a |
| extremists and practice Islam by the | | | | Muslim extremist attack is unfair and |
| strictest rules of the Koran. Many are fine | | | | inhumane because the American government |
| citizens of democratic nations who enjoy the | | | | can't seem to exactly link the attacks to any |
| fruits and prosperity of hard work within | | | | particular nation. |
| western cultures while practicing Islam. | | | | |
| | | | That leaves America exposed to even further |
| And some would argue that Muslim extremists | | | | molestations. |
| are no more radical than the extreme | | | | |
| Christian Right in this country. | | | | Political correctness should not hold back |
| | | | the United States from projecting and |
| One thing is for sure --- Islamic culture in | | | | potentially using its nuclear arsenal to |
| general is more inflexible that Western | | | | protect its citizens and global interests |
| culture by a county mile. | | | | from the very terrorist nations that seek our |
| | | | downfall by whatever means they can employ. |
| This was demonstrated recently when the | | | | |
| Muslim world refused to accept the Pope's | | | | Surfacing a Trident submarine in the Persian |
| repeated apologies concerning his medieval | | | | Gulf with hatches open may send a clear |
| reference to Allah being an evil force. | | | | message to our foes, that unlike the prior |
| | | | Crusades, we intend to win this one. |