Morton Doodslag: I have become disillusioned with Michael Totten in recent months. It began when he wrote an article asserting that the newly minted Jihad State of Kosovo was “The Israel of the Balkans”. What a hideuos distortion on so many levels.

Well, Kosovars certainly see themselves that way. They overwhelming side with the Israelis and against the Palestinians for the reasons I outlined. I met many Israelis who actually live in Kosovo, and they’re thriving there. Arabs who move to Kosovo are feared and loathed.

Kosovo is the least Islamicized Muslim-majority country I have ever seen, and I’ve personally been to more than a dozen of them. If only Iraq were like Kosovo, it would be the biggest foreign policy victory for the US since WWII. If the whole Middle East were like Kosovo, Arabs would be better allies than even the British.

Look. US military intelligence analysts I’ve spoken to on the ground there say there is NO threat of jihad. You obviously have different sources than I do, but I’d like to ask you if you honestly think they are better than mine. Different, yes, but better? Do you really think so?

You know me. Or at least you did. If Kosovo were a jihad state, I would scream about it from the rooftops. I’ve been to jihad states, and this isn’t one of them. If I were wrong, American soldiers there would be shot at, the Israelis I met would be kicked out or dead, and the low-profile Arabs would be thriving instead of keeping their heads down.