What Constitutes Victory In The War On Terror?

Mark Tapscott at the Washington Examiner writes yesterday about our enemy in the war on terror:

“Because the first and most essential defense is to know the truth about this enemy, The Washington Examiner this week is publishing a four-part series focusing on the nature of the Jihadist threat and what must be done to defeat it.

“Monday’s first installment in the series was written by Jed Babbin, editor of Human Events, author of “In the Words of Our Enemies” and other essential reading on the U.S. strategic position in the world, and former deputy undersecretary of defense in the first Bush administration. Babbin argues that neither the Obama nor the prior Bush administration has correctly defined the nature or identity of terrorist nations.”

This is the link to the first article in the series by Jed Babbin, Washington Examiner.  Mr Babbin states that:

“Islam is a religion, an integration of beliefs and assertions that prescribes worship in a particular way. But radical Islam, we must insist, is different. Though it stems from a set of religious beliefs, it is also a hegemonic and aggressive ideology that requires of its adherents that they either enslave or wage war against nonbelievers.

“Such an ideology cannot be defeated with guns alone. But it can and must be defeated in the war of ideas, which we have not chosen to fight.”

He points out that the first thing we need to do is prove that freedom under our constitution is superior to enslavement under a religious tyranny.  The second thing to do is to demand that the ‘moderate’ Islam leaders acknowledge and stand against the radicals in their own ranks.

Jeb Babbin concludes:

“That is why democracy cannot be built among those whose culture defines itself — as radical Islam does — as intolerant of other religions and which seeks hegemony over those who do not share its particular brand of intolerance.

“President Reagan understood the power of ideas. When he condemned the Soviet Union as an evil empire, when his speeches embraced those who fought for freedom such as Lech Walesa and Poland’s Solidarity Movement, he helped free the millions who suffered under communist oppression.

“If we are to defeat radical Islam, our national leaders must understand this, and follow Reagan’s example in every thought, in every speech and in every action.”

Until we get rid of the concept of political correctness and the idea that all cultures are equal, we will never be able to defend ourselves against Islamic terrorists.