| "American nuclear forces on global alert" is | | | | worship and Mosques for many years. This |
| what CBS dished out as this author awoke on | | | | should give pause to all Americans about the |
| that chilly October morning in 1973 while | | | | enemy we face. Extreme elements within Islam |
| attending Madison College in Virginia. This | | | | have declared a "holy war" against America |
| was Nixon's response to Brezhnev's announcing | | | | bent on its absolute destruction. Little |
| the potential deployment of Soviet airborne | | | | attention was given to French President |
| troops into the midst of the Yom Kippur War | | | | Jacques Chirac when he publicly announced |
| in an effort to stop Israel's advance toward | | | | last year that France would use nukes if |
| Cairo. It was both amazing and amusing | | | | attacked by Muslim extremists. Since |
| watching the Soviet's quickly back tract in | | | | terrorists raid in small numbers and their |
| the face of stern American resolve. To put | | | | cells are dispersed within a country, Chirac |
| things in a more contemporary setting is to | | | | wasn't talking about using nukes on his own |
| beg the question --- should the United States | | | | soil. Neither was he going to detonate one of |
| consider the use of nuclear weapons to deter | | | | those big firecrackers in the middle of the |
| potential attacks by Muslim extremists. This | | | | Atlantic Ocean. His intention was very clear |
| politically incorrect notion must be given | | | | --- and "aimed" by way of the Middle East. |
| weight in light of the worldwide jihad that | | | | Despite France's failed historic reliance on |
| has been declared against the U.S. by Muslim | | | | "appeasement diplomacy", their one great show |
| terrorists and the nation-states that support | | | | of strength on this issue has thus far saved |
| and hide them. It is nothing short of the 4th | | | | them from intimidation and attack. Some say |
| Crusade and it is taking on religious | | | | that using such powerful and destructive |
| overtones in the form of a global holy war | | | | weapons in retaliation of a Muslim extremist |
| financed by these terrorist nations. It is | | | | attack is unfair and inhumane because the |
| fair to say that national dogma promulgated | | | | American government can't seem to exactly |
| by an Islamic theocracy is more rigid and | | | | link the attacks to any particular nation. |
| less flexible than what is accepted within a | | | | That leaves America exposed to even further |
| pluralist democracy. This is not to suggest | | | | molestations. Political correctness should |
| that all Muslims are extremists and practice | | | | not hold back the United States from |
| Islam by the strictest rules of the Koran. | | | | projecting and potentially using its nuclear |
| Many are fine citizens of democratic nations | | | | arsenal to protect its citizens and global |
| who enjoy the fruits and prosperity of hard | | | | interests from the very terrorist nations |
| work within western cultures while practicing | | | | that seek our downfall by whatever means they |
| Islam. And some would argue that Muslim | | | | can employ. Surfacing a Trident submarine in |
| extremists are no more radical than the | | | | the Persian Gulf with hatches open may send a |
| extreme Christian Right in this country. One | | | | clear message to our foes, that unlike the |
| thing is for sure --- Islamic culture in | | | | prior Crusades, we intend to win this one. As |
| general is more inflexible that Western | | | | Presidents Kennedy, Nixon, and Reagan proved |
| culture by a county mile. This was | | | | to our enemies at the time, "power achieved |
| demonstrated recently when the Muslim world | | | | is power perceived." |
| refused to accept the Pope's repeated | | | | |
| apologies concerning his medieval reference | | | | James Silvester is a small biz author and |
| to Allah being an evil force. And several | | | | consultant. He has written 4 best selling |
| years ago when Islamic factions took over | | | | entrepreneurial books with a 5th on the |
| town councils in two Italian villages through | | | | way,and has appeared on many radio and TV |
| the electoral process --- they called for the | | | | shows including MSNBC. The books have |
| immediate shutdown of all Christian churches | | | | forewords contributed by the Virginia |
| within those municipalities even though the | | | | Governor and a U.S. Senator. |
| local Christian community tolerated Islamic | | | | |