Continuing to follow the model of European appeasement and continuously dealing with issues forced upon us by the Islamists, after-the-fact, rather than attacking our enemies at ALL levels with unrelenting and overwhelming force, will only both get us killed and lose us the a war that must be won at all costs. We have been submitting to the will and misdirection of our enemies for too long, we have begun to try to appease those that are infiltrating our society and wish to overcome us through both subversion and violence.

Their strategy is better planned than ours, and we have been both weak and delayed in appropriate responses. We need President Bush to awaken from his slumber, get back on the horse named "courage of convictions", regain his direction and purpose, and lead us through this damned war against radical Islam at every level, including appropriate and overwhelming military response and acting at all levels of warfare, unrestrained, against those that plan our destruction.

Failure and success are equally possible in Iraq and in the wider war. But we cannot succeed unless the president is fully engaged. Today he is not. It's time for president to become fully engaged, and the Democratic oppostion to join in with the rest of the country, and in support of the president, and fight this damned war against radical Islam with everything in our power, together. The alternative is the end of our civilization and to a great degree, many of our lives. Islamists have brought this terror to our door, and we must now take it to theirs, everywhere they exist, including those within our midst. As for Iran and Syria, Mr. President, the dance must end now! It's time to get back to leading, and end appeasement of those that plan our destruction.

And as I wrote in my piece on William Kristol's article in the March 6 Weekly Standard, "The Long War": The radical Islamists are on the offensive - Will we defeat them?: A positive answer to this question lies in whether or not all of us can begin to understand both what we are facing and the task at hand that we all must undertake to win. Further, we must understand that we have thus far exhibited a lack of moral and political seriousness to accomplish such a win, and could easily be contributing to our own collective demise as a civilization.

Moral seriousness in this case means political seriousness. Insist on going ahead with the ports deal so that Arab governments who have stood with us in the war on terror are not told to get lost when one of their companies acquires port management contracts in the United States. Make a real effort to destabilize Ahmadinejad in Iran. Do what it takes to defeat Zarqawi and secure Iraq. Stand with Denmark, and moderate Muslims, against the radical mob. This is no time for dishonorable retreat. It is time for resolve--and competence. After all, it would be most unfortunate if the administration summoned its nerve and charged ahead - only to meet the fate of Tennyson's Light Brigade!

Also as I wrote in my previous piece: As readers will recall, Tennyson's poem, "The Charge Of The Light Brigade" was written to memorialize a suicidal charge by light cavalry over open terrain by British forces in the Battle of Balaclava (Ukraine) in the Crimean War (1854-56). 247 men of the 637 in the charge were killed or wounded. For us in the West, charging ahead across the "open terrain" of fighting the War on Terror without total support from all sides, is likely to meet a similar end as those British forces in the Battle of Balaclava.

More than the resolve, conviction, purpose and leadership of our president is needed to win this war. All of us must join together, even the media and Hollywood moonbats, and go in the same direction as we are led.