NOAH ROTHMAN: War Is Interested In You. “No one wants perpetual war, but that is precisely what the West has invited with its displays of faltering resolution and its commitment to conduct a war with the smallest possible footprint. Meanwhile, Western values are slowly eroded as we grow more comfortable with soldiers on the streets, metadata retention programs, and theatrical displays like TSA airport screenings.”

Related: Brendan O’Neill: After Paris. “That’s enough cultural appeasement; let’s fight for the Enlightenment.”