The article on Ronald Reagan I told you about last night is already up this morning at FrontPage: “Defeating Global Jihad: Reagan Showed the Way,” by Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer.
By vilifying and attempting to marginalize those who dare tell the truth about Islamic radicalism as Reagan did about Communism, today”s intelligentsia provides ample cover to radical Islamic terrorists, allowing them to operate under the radar screen of media scrutiny and even law enforcement.
Freedom is under attack by the warriors of jihad; the battle lines do indeed resemble those of the Cold War. “There are very useful analogies to be drawn between communism and Islam,” says Ibn Warraq. “Communism has been defeated, at least for the moment; Islamism has not, and unless a reformed, tolerant, liberal kind of Islam emerges soon, perhaps the final battle will be between Islam and Western democracy.”
This is the war we”re in now. If only we had a Reagan to fight it.