Pulling No Punches

On the anniversary of 9/11 and in the midst of battling some unspecified health problems, W. Lewis Amselem, the writer of the Diplomad 2.0 blog and long-time career U.S. diplomat, has let go with both barrels in his latest post. Apparently President Obama’s equivocating about the true nature of ISIS/ISIL and President George W. Bush’s statement that Islam is a “religion of peace” has caused this clear-eyed writer to pick up his poison pen to state unequivocally that our centuries-long battle is with Islam … not radical Islam or Jihadis … but with Islam itself. He says: 

The war with Islam did not begin September 11, 2001. It began some 1400 years ago and continues. That September 11 was just a reminder that we live in a world of Islamic war..

If you are of a mind to confront this type of unvarnished reality, I suggest that you read his post here: Year Thirteen in a 1400-Year War, the other posts referenced therein, and the attached comments. I know we “heathens” all like to shrink from the realization that there might be legions of people who, to various degrees, might like to kill us (or to join with them). The Diplomad, even in his infirmity, does not … he here is pulling no punches.