Maggie's Farm

The Suicide Theme

Kimball, in a New Criterion piece entitled "After the Suicide of the West":

"The terrorist attacks of 9/11 gave us a vivid reminder—but one, alas, that seems to have faded from the attention of many Western commentators who seem more concerned about recreational facilities at Guantanamo Bay than the future of their towns and cities. For myself, ever since 9/11, when I think about threats to democracy, I recall a statement by one Hussein Massawi, a former Hezbollah leader, which I believe I first read in one of Mark Steyn’s columns. “We are not fighting,” Mr. Massawi said, “so that you will offer us something. We are fighting to eliminate you.” "

His piece is the intro for a series on culture wars, here.

And Sowell, "Serious or Suicidal?", on the world's view of Iran and their nukes.