'Religion of Peace' indeed

Embassies and Danish flags are burning merrily worldwide as members of the “Religion of Peace” rampage through the streets to protest cartoons depicting their god and prophet as violent. As more Western publications print the bland caricatures of Mohammed and Allah, more Muslims have taken to the streets to try to quell this uncharacteristic burst of free expression.

The Danish consulate in Beirut, Lebanon was torched today, and, just to keep the whole Scandinavian theme going, the embassies of Norway and Sweden were also damaged. Unrest was also unleashed on locals, as a Catholic Church and property in a Christian area were pelted with rocks.

Predictably, the apologists were quick to respond.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora condemned the use of violence in the protests.
"This has nothing to do with Islam at all," he told Future television. "Destabilizing security and vandalism give a wrong image of Islam. Prophet Mohammad cannot be defended this way.

I’m tired of hearing that these violent acts “have nothing to do with Islam.” The people perpetrating the acts certainly use Islam as their inspiration. Islamic people certainly celebrate acts of violence against the West. Even relatively non-violent Islamic protests feature the threat from violent imagery. Remember the guy with the sign that said “Behead Those Who Say Islam is Violent?”

Once we get past this whole “Religion of Peace” masquerade, we’ll actually be able to begin to deal with the problem.

The sides in this conflagration are being chosen. Actually the sides have been chosen for some time, it’s just that the Western world didn’t realize the rumble was on. It’s the West’s enlightenment against Islam’s static barbarity. It’s like a no-contest matchup between Hulk Hogan and Barney Fife; from where I’m sitting, Islam won’t make it through the first round if the West decides not to pull its punches.

The hellish part of it is, the West must pull its punches. We’re very cognizant of the atrocities perpetrated in Communist Russia, Nazi Germany, Community China and Rwanda. We promised “never again” on our watch, and I think that’s a worthy goal, but it ties our hands and tethers our swords. We’re constrained to respond in measure to the assault on Western Civilization by Islam; never mind the fact that a measured response may be perceived as weakness by our antagonist. I fear it will take a knockdown sucker punch, even bigger than 9-11, before we shed our scruples and truly demonstrate to Islam the error of its ways.

I think it’s a good first step and bodes well for us that a majority of the West has decided to stand up for free expression, instead of again caving in to the rampant march of Islam to “preserve the peace.” The willful child has been thwarted – it’s been reminded the rest of the world does not operate under the Islamic gag. Hopefully Islam will get the message, see the resolve behind it, and largely mend its ways. Maybe then, we’ll never have to respond to a major attack by the “Religion of Peace” with our full might and fury.

That would be a black day indeed, both for Islam and the ideals of the West.