Mr. Lincoln, I half agree. We are making progress against the “Radical Muslims”. Just as the west did in the 11th century and again in the 14th, 16, and 19th. We had them on the ropes in the 19th. European nations were squabbling over the choicest parts of the Ulmma. Sorta.
IIRC it was Gladstone who said, ‘Now we have Egypt. Don’t want it, don’t know what to do with it but we can’t give it back. Or maybe it was Earl Gray. Regardless, it was another few bricks to the load that was the “White Man’s burden”.
My points are that this war has been going on since Ol’ Mo came down out of the hills in the 7th century. Almost 1600 years now. By any objective measure the Muslims are winning. The reason why they are winning is they have a plan. That plan is called the Koran (Quran). It, among other things, divides the world into two houses, the house of Islam and the house of War.
So the distinction between ‘radical’ and ‘moderate’ is purely a western one. Muslims use it as what the Russians call a Maskarovia (sp?), or ruse of war. It is a major reason why the Muslims are winning.
Islam found out during the crusades that they cannot match Westerners (Europeans) on the battlefield unless the Europeans screw up by the numbers. So the Muslim learned to use guile and misdirection to defeat Europeans. This became even more important after gunpowder and critical after the ICE was introduced to the battlefield.
In the 21st century propaganda is a more powerful weapon then the ICE. Muslims are masters at it. That is why we ( the West) don’t have a lot of time left.
My great grandchildren will be answering prayer call if something isn’t done NOW.
