How to Be French...

Try surrendering, like the world and Israel seem prepared to do. Then, act snobby about it, and pretend your country is the source of all culture in the world.

If you haven't heard, Israel agreed to a moronic cease-fire agreeement the UN has brokered. But don't worry, the French will lead the peacekeeping force. I'm sure everyone in Israel will sleep better knowing they are protected from Hezbollah by the French. Remember, this is the country that was just about destroyed by rioting Muslims last year. They're just what is needed to stop Islamo-fascism in its tracks.

I was hoping Israel would just keep on trucking, stopping around Tehran or so. Honestly, I expected better of them. We were finally going to see the eradication of a terrorist outfit. I hope Israel is fooling everyone, and has no intention of stopping until they have a terrorist-free zone around them.

Basically, world pressure is forcing Israel to stop its offensive to wipe Hezbollah off the face of the Earth. This is a mistake of monumental proportions. As the links and the commentators therein indicate, Hezbollah has now received some recognition and legitimacy from the UN. We shouldn't ever sign off on a resolution that basically gives the terrorists anything resembling a victory. And even a stalemate is a victory to the terrorists, at this point. They now know that if they hang on long enough, the UN will jump in and basically save them.

Terrorists should be treated like roaches and exterminated. Otherwise, they'll continue to breed until they overrun everything.

I think it's pretty ignorant for Israel to halt its offensive. They haven't yet, but they might very well by Sunday. It seems stupid to halt the momentum of a military campaign, especially when things seem to be going Israel's way as far as the conflict goes.

Bill O'Reilly notes in his latest column that much of the Iraqi insurgency is Iranian-sponsored. It's pretty hard to argue that the terrorists are simply a bunch of hardcore nuts that don't represent the majority of Islam when an Islamic country is sponsoring so much grief. And let's not forget that many of the rockets hitting Israel came from Iran. And Iran's benighted leader has called for the wiping out of Israel.

Don't tell me that Islamo-fascism is a minority movement with no popular support from within the rank-and-file Muslims. That's intellectually and factually dishonest, and it's time to speak the truth about such matters.

Is it not becoming apparent to even the most ignorant liberal that a war is coming between Islam and everybody else? While Israel has the upper hand, let them go. That's less fighting the rest of the world is going to have to do later.

The always-great Kim Du Toit writes an insightful piece, and quotes a Brit as rightly observing that Muslims want their religion and freedom respected, and don't give a rat's butt about anybody else's.

This is no surprise to anyone conversant with what Islam is teaching its followers. Don't take my word for it, though. Read, study, and make up your own mind about the subject. A great site for information is Jihad Watch.

When are we going to wake up and face the threat? It's not going away, and the world is going to have to either deal with it, or let the world fall under sharia.