reading

I just read Oriani Fallaci's "The Rage and the Pride." Moving, powerful, no holds barred stuff. What shocked me was not the plentiful invective spewed towards the islamic terrorists, but the fulsome condemnation of the intellectual and ruling classes of Europe which have allowed these cretins to reside in their countries with the express reason of destroying them. It is a profound wake up call for those who wish to see Western civilization live and thrive in the new millenium.
A person on some left-wing blog (I don't remember which) stated something along the lines that since we westerners believe that Islamic societies are so primitive, why do we fear them? Fallaci correctly writes that it doesn't take the technical genius of creating to co-opt and use a technology for ill ends. Rome wasn't conquered by a greater society, but by primitive, tree-worshiping, bear-skin clad Germans. Remember that when one looks down their nose at the uncouth proveyors of Jihad.