Posted 4:53 AM by Steve
From a psychological standpoint, Bill Clinton's irritation and defensiveness about tough questions during a FoxNews interview show that he is vulnerable and feels some level of guilt for his role in allowing Islamic terrorist attacks on American soil.

I think an intelligent person like Bill Clinton can point to specific examples of many actions he took to try and make America safe. Clearly, while some of his actions may have been effective, America was not made safer by Bill Clinton. Conservatives, "neo-cons" and even moderate or centrist Democrats rightly criticized Bill Clinton for a weak, unfocused, and appeasement-based foreign policy.

As Winston Churchill said: "Am appeaser is one who feeds the crocodile hoping it will eat him last." This lesson is one that is lost on the left and will be repeated for all of history.

The left has a fundamental misunderstanding of their enemies and a childlike naivete about the nature of man.

Many philosophies can drive man to war. We have seen the totalitarian collectivist ideals of communism and fascism put the world to the test in wars that covered continents, but it takes uniquely perverted kind of religious fervor to drive men to sacrifice their own lives in terrorist acts aimed to destroy innocent lives and non-combatants.

Another great Churchill quote is: "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."

I think President Bush and most clear thinking Americans recognize that this phrase perfectly defines our enemy. We are dealing with fanatics.

These people saw the wishy-washy, do-nothing Clinton foreign policy as a weakness and vulnerability. They exploited it.

These people are threatened by President Bush and his so-called "Cowboy Diplomacy". Good.

If these people aren't feeling threatened we are doing something wrong. It is said that for evil to flourish all it takes is for good men to do nothing.
If you don't actively cultivate and maintain your garden, weeds will grow.

The left believes that poverty and poor human rights are the cause of the troubles of the Middle East. In reality, these are actually symptoms of the underlying problem. The real problem is the presence of totalitarian theocracy in these countries.

Until the world is willing to denounce Islam in it's present form as a violent and intolerant religion, we will have fanatics. Remember, they can't change their minds and they won't change the subject.

One last quote from Churchill: "One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half."