“THE DEMOCRATS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE FULL NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE TERRORIST WAR AGAINST US:” Rudy is back on message.
Notice that Giuliani doesn’t refer to the “war on terror.” He refers to the “terrorist war against us.” He’s argued repeatedly that “war on terror” misstates the nature of the conflict.
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Relatedly, Tony Blankley writes about the clash “between those, such as me, who believe that the rise of radical Islam poses an existential threat to Western Civilization; and those who believe it is a nuisance, if, episodically, a very dangerous nuisance.”
That difference in perception — our lives and way of life are under direct threat v. we are merely suffering hassle and annoyance at the hands of nut jobs — underlies the debate over Iraq, among other things. Count me among those who say we must resist or die.
How you view the nature of our conflict with radical Islam will determine how you vote in 2008. If you believe everything we stand for is at risk, you’ll want a candidate who shares that view. (Hence my support for Giuliani, his other policy positions notwithstanding.) My fear is that Americans are suffering from battle fatigue, and will therefore elect a president who takes a less meanacing, more retiring view of the world.
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