
While the nation's juvenile delinquents of all ages remain elated by the election of President Hope N. Change (funniest nickname yet? "Teleprompter Jesus"), we grown ups are obliged to stay abreast of our enemies' plans.
When we hear the phrase "Muslim terrorism," we tend to visualize the mass murders of September 11, 2001. Yet as that day's events recede into memory, and might as well be considered forgotten by some Americans, we need to understand that the jihadist threat to our culture and security takes many forms.
These alternative methods of jihad aren't as dramatic as the attacks of 9/11, but in their own way they represent a kind of slow motion, under the radar attack on America.
Robert Spencer's new book delineates these low level attacks. Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs makes for depressing reading, not just because Muslim supremicists are trying to take over the U.S. through our courts, charities, colleges and even public elementary schools, but because -- as the election of Barack Obama (the ultimate "September 10" candidate) seems to indicate, millions of Americans couldn't care less.
Using their own words against them, Spencer (a Koranic scholar) reveals that, according to one high level Sheik, 80% of the mosques in the US are controlled by Muslim supremicists.
Spencer also reveals -- again, merely by quote their own words -- that many so-called "moderate" Muslim spokesmen actually hold radical, anti-American views. Some of these leaders have even been welcomed to the White House, and served as trainers in "ethnic sensitivity" to the Armed Forces and law enforcement.
Spencer's diagnosis is dire, and his prescriptions are dramatic and definitely politically incorrect; halting all Muslim immigration to America is his most daring suggestion.
Yet this isn't a book by a raving fanatic. Spencer is a surprisingly mild mannered fellow, especially considering how many death threats he receives from members of "the religion of peace" every day.
He fights on, but sounds increasingly pessimistic about his chances of bringing more Americans over to his (make that "our") side. All the facts he lays out in his books are likely too "depressing" to interest citizens caught up in the shallow thrills of Obamamania.
The terrorists seem to have changed their tactics. Rather than a repeat of September 11, Muslim radicals will subvert America through the pressures of censorship and "political correctness". Unless we summon the courage to act now, the United States will end not with a bang, but a whimper.