Cal Thomas: Daring to call it a war on radical Islam | Washington Examiner

Cal Thomas: Daring to call it a war on radical Islam | Washington Examiner

AEI - Scholars - Newt Gingrich

Cal Thomas summarizes the position Newt Gingrich had the courage to convey in his speech last week before the American Enterprise Institute. "Radical Islam is a clear and present danger to America." The concept should be so self-evident that any thinking American would share this position; however, a segment of America supported by the progressive left wing of the Democrat Party have become adverse to identifying the most obvious enemies of the U.S. The trail of violence by Radical Jihadists against America began long before 9/11/2001, but become most evident on that day, and continues today. We not take the work of American politicians, newspaper columnists, or talk show hosts, we need only listen to the public proclamations, web sites, and writings of the Radical Islamists to determine their intent to destroy America and all the freedom and liberty we enjoy based on our form of government, our Constitution, and our culture. They hate us. They hate our form of government, our financial systems, our fundamental Judeo-Christian roots, and our culture in general. They are not covert in this hate. Unfortunately, many in the U.S. cannot bring themselves to see the evil intent of Radical Islamists, using violent terrorist methods to methodically destroy America. Appeasement of these radical jihadists will not work, for they see appeasement as weakness, and weaknesses are something to exploit in an enemy. President George W. Bush understood this siginificant threat and ardently vocalized this position during his presidency. It has now fallen to other strong American leaders to make sure that Americans wake up and take notice on this continuing threat to our existence. We should thank those leaders such as Dr. Gingrich who have the courage of their convictions to convey this message so we may make sure we can properly defend ourselves against these threats.