Was Osama Right?

Islamists always believed the U.S. was weak. Recent political trends won't change their view.

by Bernard Lewis - May 16th, 2007 - Wall Street Journal (OpinionJournal.com)

During the Cold War, two things came to be known and generally recognized in the Middle East concerning the two rival superpowers. If you did anything to annoy the Russians, punishment would be swift and dire. If you said or did anything against the Americans, not only would there be no punishment; there might even be some possibility of reward . . . .

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It was therefore natural to seek and accept American help. As Osama bin Laden explained, in this final phase of the millennial struggle, the world of the unbelievers was divided between two superpowers. The first task was to deal with the more deadly and more dangerous of the two, the Soviet Union. After that, dealing with the pampered and degenerate Americans would be easy.

Democrats do not understand the consequences of their actions in urging defeat on America. They are oblivious to the motivations and plans of the Islamofascists. They see the problem as the same as their domestic battles. The hated enemy is those who consider themselves Republicans. Since Al Aqaeda is the enemy of Republicans, the democrats see Al Qaeda as their natural ally. They are therefore opposed to anything that would seriously work to win the war, in Iraq, In Iran, or anywhere in the middle east.

There is a comment going around the Internet that accurately describes the current problem "The U.S. Marines are at war. America is at the mall." No one is willing to tell the American people that this war will last a long time and sacrifices will be required.. Whenever it is said, the press announces that the American people don't want this war.

That attitude is going to get a lot of Americans killed.