December 2015
Are We At War? And With Whom?
Leaders both here and in Europe are reluctant to identify those with whom we are at war. They are not fools, and I do understand their reluctance to say that the West is at war with one billion Muslims. Some demagogues might say that, but that is just as foolish as saying we are at war with Terrorism. Terrorism is a tactic, not an enemy.
We had no problem being at war with Nazism or Communism, without saying that all Germans and all Russians are bad people. But plenty were more...