From my archive of press clippings:
Washington Times
OPINION: Whitewashing the Islamist threat. More fallout from Koran sniper story.
Diana West
Monday, June 2, 2008
What interested me most about the official reaction to this month's Koran Sniper story - apologies galore, a kissed Koran for probable former insurgents, a punished soldier - was what it made vivid about our society: American deference to Islam, from the sacralization of Islam's book to the ideology of anti-infidelism, supremacism and totalitarian conquest within it. After all, Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Hammond called the sniper's action "criminal behavior." But the only law broken was Islamic law.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Had a mid-century GI used "Mein Kampf" for target practice, I noted, Gen. George S. Patton would hardly have kissed one to appease a band of former Nazis.
Suffice to say, I've received considerable comment, both positive and negative, about this analogy."
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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