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April 1, 2007

England's New War Motto: 'We Shall Not Fight'

Topics: Dhimmitude

I haven't seen a better condemnation of what England (and indeed, the rest of the West as well) has become in its unwillingness to engage our radical Islamist enemy in battle, and win, than that given by Rabbi Aryeh Spero at Human Events Online. He is astutely on target when he says that whereas most wars are fought against the enemy on the battlefield, this war is being fought with first-eye toward the domestic political battlefield, forcing leaders to worry much more about a howling, defeat-hungry left - than what is actually necessary to win the war. Take for example what he says about the current Iranian hostage crisis involving 15 British sailors and marines:

[...] A British naval vessel and crew stood by while Iranian boats pirated away a group of British soldiers. Reports indicate that the fire power of the British ship was capable of engaging and defeating the Iranian force. Moreover, British and U.S. combatant aircraft could have reached the scene in minutes but apparently weren't called. The Royal Navy fired not a shot. How unlike the fire of Britain's former First Seahand, Winston Churchill, who later proclaimed: "We shall fight them on the beaches; we shall fight them on the Seas."

This war has become demoralizing because of repeated incidents of this nature: the unwillingness of Western powers to crush the enemy even in service of defending our own people. We have allowed the enemy to think he is braver than us. We have, thereby, emboldened the enemy and made things tougher for ourselves, not easier.

We fire not on their fortress mosques, nor on their ships, nor during their holy days, nor in their holy cities, nor at their "holy men." We dare not humiliate. Instead, we allow ourselves to be forever humiliated and forfeit our men and women. So concerned are we about not offending Muslim pride we have thrown away our own. The West has decided that all things Islamic are to be granted a reverence we no longer grant ourselves. The sand and plaster of the fortress mosque seems to carry more importance than even the flesh and blood of our own soldiers.

Instead of taking action, the British ship commander telephoned home, to his superiors up the chain of command. The officer did what he was told: "Hold fire." Perhaps our soldiers in WWII were better off not being equipped with phones back to headquarters. They, at least, could act like and do what soldiers are trained to do.

... This war is teaching us that all the military power in the world is meaningless if we don't have the will to use it. Unless things change, radical Islam will over the next few decades sublimate the West, without having to have even raised an army. Where is today's Churchill?

Posted by Abdul at April 1, 2007 12:24 AM

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Comments

Posted by: Englishman at April 13, 2007 9:54 AM

Posted by: Abdul at April 13, 2007 10:22 AM

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