Consequences

There's a bit of irony in the fact that the anti-war left need only look in a mirror to find the answer to their foremost question about why the Muslim world hates the west so.

A review of the cultural norms in North America today can't avoid finding that the results of the progressive ideals of tolerance, diversity, and multiculturalism are, in practice, the opposite. Tolerance has become code for acceptance and even celebration of immoral lifestyles; only the intolerant oppose homosexuality and cohabitation. Diversity doesn't mean respect for other races and ethnic groups, but is a hammer used to bludgeon the white Christian "majority". And multiculturalism celebrates any minority culture while disdaining and attempting to marginalize Judeo-Christian standards as bigoted and oppressive.

Nowhere is this more evident than among the leaders of the anti-war march over the weekend. The likes of Fonda, Robbins, and Penn epitomize the Hollywood anti-traditional hypocrisy. A brief listen to their rhetoric made it clear that they don't care about our soldiers - they hate the military. They don't care about the Iraqi people, because two seconds of reasoned thought about the consequences of an immediate US withdrawal is all that's needed to realize it would precipitate a horrific bloodbath.

Actually, you don't need to listen to them for long to find out their real motivation: A visceral hatred of George W. Bush. I'm fairly convinced that had Bill Clinton taken us into Iraq, their anti-war marches wouldn't be happening. They're not anti-war, they're just anti-Bush.

Interestingly, these people think they are allied with the radical muslims that wish to eradicate our society, when I'd suggest they're likely the first among those to be eliminated should the likes of bin Laden and Ahmadinijad succeed. Because when many muslims hear Americans speak of freedom, they equate that freedom with the hedonistic and narcissistic culture represented and portrayed by Hollywood.

We're told that the schools are to be accepting of all cultures, and should be neutral when it comes to religion. What has resulted is horribly underperforming and often unsafe government schools in which atheism is the official religion. Those who can have fled the public schools for private, parochial, and home schools, to the dismay of those who created the mess but refuse to acknowledge that fact.

The campaign for gay marriage and rabid support of abortion have put people of faith on the defensive. Vilification of religion has cowed or marginalized people of faith, who are the only citizen group for which it is acceptable to treat with contempt.

I do not suggest that some miraculous return of the coutry to our Judeo-Christian roots would immediately resolve the terrorist problem. But I do think that if American icons changed from the likes of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton to people of faith and character like Billy Graham and, say, Tony Dungy, the great majority of the world would have to at least respect us for being a sincere and principled people.

Instead, I'm convinced we are within a generation or two of a new dark age. Liberalism is leading to ignorance, which leads eventually to despotism and anarchy.