France and the Democrat Party

Sometimes an example of how NOT to do things can be very helpful. If there is a country on this planet that mirrors the soul of the Democrat base in this country it would have to be France. Is there a country anywhere more liberal, more pacifist to the core, more sophisticated and "above it all" than France?

Because the U.S. demonstrated, or at least conveyed weakness in Vietnam, the Iran hostage crisis, and Somalia, Bin Laden misjudged our resolve and attacked us in the 90's and ultimately on 9-11. Ofcourse things did not turn out the way Osama anticipated. Now the country in which his operation was based is voting for its leaders and he is living, presumably, in a cave. Now, instead of fighting Democracy by attacking the U.S. homeland, he is fighting to keep democracy out of Iraq. We're still fighting him, but we're doing it on foreign soil and moderate Muslims are fighting beside us.

So before we turn our government over to the appeasing, pacifist, "lets just get along" purveyors of weakness in the Democrat party, lets take a look at France. The French appeased Islam by betraying the U.S. over the Iraq invasion. The French appeased Islam by embracing Arafat. The French appeased Islam by turning over sovereignty of large portions of its cities to Muslim immigrants.

So, when radical Islam looks at the French does it see a friend? No, it sees weakness and an opportunity to exploit it.

No matter how many times the left-leaning press denies or suppresses it, the riots on French streets are a religious and cultural war. The rioters are not the assimilated French Muslims of the 20th century. They are unhappy, disaffected Muslim youth who are ready to terrorize France and the rest of Europe until they become a world to their liking. The liberals of Europe may appease and "try to understand the anger" right up until the moment they realize all is lost. There are those out there in the blogosphere that believe we are in the first seconds of a cultural and political avalanche that will change Europe forever. Even if the few conservatives left cry for change, the left will counter with a cry of "fascism." (See "Will France Remain French" below)

American liberals and Democrats look at Iraq and see America making enemies. They look at detainees at Guantanimo with compassion and demand legal representation. They undermine the war at home, spend most of their energy going after the President, and approach the war on terror with an academic detachment that is interpreted by radical Islam as nothing less than...weakness.

George Bush has provided the leadership necessary to protect this country. It hasn't been pretty, but it has been what is needed to keep us free. Perhaps liberals need to look at the Iraqis to remember something this nation learned over 200 years ago.
Iraqis are having to fight and risk their lives to hold up that famous purple finger. Its a dangerous and violent birth for their democracy. But maybe for freedom to survive, it must have a painful birth. In this century western culture faces a much more dangerous threat than communism. Our survival depends on the simple recognition that freedom often survives only with the shedding of blood. This is a lesson that the Left will never embrace.