VDH sees hope amid despair in the Middle East. He sees recent terrorism, including the Hezbo attack on Israel and the foiled airline bombing plot, as being counterproductive to the Islamists, since it’s unmasking them.
In an amorphous war of self-induced Western restraint, like the present one, truth and moral clarity are as important as military force. This past month, the world of the fascist jihadist and those who tolerate him was once again on display for civilization to fathom. Even the most timid and prone to appeasement in the West are beginning to see that it is becoming a question of “the Islamists or us.”
In this eleventh hour, that is a sort of progress after all.
I hope he’s right that the tide is turning. But there’s an awful lot of denial yet, and the tide sure seems slow to me.
So there’s your modified modicum of cheer for this Friday.