I read a book a few years back that had a chapter addressing
the cultural differences between us and Muslim extremists. Some people will
argue that they simply want to live their life without the West interfering and
that they are not evil, just completely misunderstood – that they perform
attacks out of necessity because we continue to force our ways on them.
Obviously a very liberal mindset, but I’ve heard the argument many, many times.
The book made a point that stuck with me to this day.
The author said that the way they measure if a culture is evil
is this: if one of our children (a white, suburban, middle-class child) were to
show up on their door step, hungry, cold and needing shelter, what would their
reaction be? If they were to follow suite with their religious mandate to
destroy “infidels,” they would kill them on the spot. However, our culture
would take them in, feed them, clothe them, and shelter them.
We are dealing with a culture that celebrates and worships
evil to its very core. They find joy in murder, peace in destruction, and fulfillment
in chaos. There is no reasoning, understanding or negotiating with them. There
is no giving them the benefit of the doubt, or “examining the world through
their eyes.” Pure evil must be stopped – aggressively, promptly and with
purpose. Until our elected leaders understand this and value our national
security over the way other nations perceive us, we will continue to suffer
blows at the hands of cultures that worship evil.
