Looks like I am not so out of the mainstream after all. Others see the same threat I see. Dhimmitude for those of us left after our government and press elite give away all of our most effective weapons in this great war of cultures.

Here is Diana West with a terrific essay on what we are losing. Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.

Cartoon rage Editorials/Op-Ed-The Washington Times, America's Newspaper: " This is the lesson of Cartoon Rage 2006, a cultural nuke set off by an Islamic chain reaction to those 12 cartoons of Muhammad appearing in a Danish newspaper. We have watched the Muslim meltdown with shocked attention, but there is little recognition that its poisonous fallout is fear. Fear in the State Department, which, like Islam, called the cartoons unacceptable. Fear in Whitehall, which did the same. Fear in the Vatican, which did the same. And fear in the media, which have failed, with few, few exceptions, to reprint or show the images. With only a small roll of brave journals, mainly in Europe, to salute, we have seen the proud Western tradition of a free press bow its head and submit to an Islamic law against depictions of Muhammad. That's dhimmitude. "

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