When I was a boy we read a lot of heroic tales in school. King Arthur of course. One of my favorites was the "Song of Roland." I've asked several young people about Roland, and none of them have ever heard of him. The story was a tragedy; Roland's father was killed fighting Muslims in France, and at the end Roland is killed in a rear guard action that allows the French army to escape slaughter by the Muslim army. Later the French led by Charles the Hammer kicked the Muslims out of France. At the time it never occurred to me that late in my life the West would again be fighting for existance against the Muslims.

The Muslims have new tactics necessary for them because they cannot fight us in a conventional manner, and we have not yet adapted. George Bush's approach has now failed due to lack of resolve on the part of our people, and Bush's unwillingness to do what is necessary (such as annilating the Iraqi army during the war). I think our soft approach will not work with Muslims. The reason Saddam and the Shah of Iran were so cruel is because that was the only way that any semblence of order could be maintained.

If we allow the radical Muslims to obtain nuclear weapons, then there will be unprecedented slaughter. I wonder if we will be prepared to do the killing necessary for our survival, or if we will surrender. The liberals still think war can be avoided if we can just reason with the Muslims. Conservatives think that it is impossible to reason with the Muslims since what they ultimately want is to kill us, so it is better to fight them now than later. Sadly it now appears that the fight will have to be later, after they have nuclear weapons.