Evil in Iran

I was going to talk about moral cowardice on an individual basis, and the effect it is having on the current generation of children, but I'd rather include and comment on a letter from David W.:

Hi.
Very interesting to read your article and see that you have aquired a copy of "Because They Hate." I suspect that the message is falling on deaf ears due to PC. Two other books that you might find interesting - "Londinistan" by Melanie Phillips, Encounter Books, NY, ISBN I-59403-144-4. "While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam Is Destroying the West From Within" by Bruce Bawer, Doubleday, ISBN 13: 978-0-385-51472-9.
"Inside Al Qaeda, Global Network of Terror" by Rohan Gunaratna, Scribe Publications, Melbourne, makes it very clear that Jemaah Islamiyah has infiltrated our region and terror cells are well entrenched in New Zealand.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers
David W.

David makes a fantastic point here. The PC crowd that was once just an annoyance has become one of the most dangerous weaknesses in our society. We worry so much about not offending people that we ignore some groups who want nothing more than to destroy us. It all sounds melodramatic, but in fact its true. The regime in Iran is bent on unleashing nuclear weapons on the region, and specifically on Israel. Think I'm exaggerating? Ahmadinejad has said openly on his own country's airwaves that he intends to destroy... not defeat, not invade, but to annihilate the United States and then Israel. Think he can't do it? He's doing everything he can to build a nuclear bomb. And with Saudi Arabia lowering the price of oil (and Iran's principal source of revenue, by the way), he is in negotiations with Russia to buy a bomb. To put all this down as paranoia is the worst kind of head-in-the-sand attitude. The world saw it before, in the 1930's as Hitler began to swallow up bits of Europe. How long will the world wait before it confronts the evil in Iran? How long do we appease someone who has said he wants to destroy us?

And just in case you think this is only a problem for countries closely allied to the United States (I know of what I speak. A Dannevirke resident responded to the London subway bombings by saying that anyone close to the United States should expect to get bombed), well, look closer to home. Ayman Al Zawahiri has been to New Zealand twice, and Al Qaeda members learned to fly at Palmerston North. New Zealand may have once been quiet and secluded and off the radar screen, so to speak, but not anymore. Once the bigger targets have been taken out, the smaller ones will fall quickly.

I had a quick look into "While Europe Slept", and here is what I found. Bruce Bawer, who previously addressed American fundamentalism in "Stealing Jesus", and gay rights in "A Place At the Table" now turns to European liberalism. After moving to Europe in 1998 and settling in a mostly Muslim neighborhood, he discovered a society that offered "millions in aid, but not a penny in salary". Europe, which has suffered more than most from the lessons of the past, seems to have forgotten them more quickly than most. I'm looking forward to reading the book in more detail.

Thanks again, David, for writing. I've signed on with www.americancongressfortruth.com, and I advise anyone interested in some unfiltered truth to do the same. I intend to continue this dialogue as the media talking heads and the PC crowd and politico's continue their policy of ignore and appease. And quite frankly, I challenge any reader to provide a legitimate counterpoint. Send it to me at abukoff@gmail.com, and I'll include it in the next rant.