War on Terror: What are we fighting for?

Back in May, Krauthammer wrote an outstanding article linking the war on terror with sexual liberation for women. I thought he was correct, as usual.

He observes:

For the jihadists, at stake in the war against the infidels is the control of women. Western freedom means the end of women's mastery by men, and the end of dictatorial clerical control over all aspects of sexuality -- in dress, behavior, education, the arts.

He also wrote:

It is no accident that jihadists around the world are overwhelmingly male. It is very rare to find a woman suicide bomber. And when you do, like the young woman who blew herself up in Gaza killing four others last January, it turns out that she herself was a victim of sexual subjugation -- a wife accused of adultery, marked for death, who decided to die a martyr rather than a pariah. But die she must.

This article was written to explain why the Abu Graib scandal was such a big deal in the Arab world. But his observations have much more resonance than just explaining a scandal.

I have explained to anyone that will listen, that the war on terror is all about keeping my girls out of burkas and all of my kids alive and not being killed for rejecting conversion to Islam. This may seem like a very extreme reaction, but if you listen to Osama bin Laden, he wants everyone to be Muslim (he calls it the "Worldwide Caliphate"). As history has shown, when Islam conquers a land, the people must submit to the Koran or die. That is history.

For those that deny that history will repeat, that Islam has become much more warm, fuzzy and reasonable, see this post in the Lone Star Times titled "Absolute Savagery". It shows a women being buried up to her waist so that she can be stoned to death for adultery!!!

While I am no great apologist for adultery, I don't believe being stoned to death is even close to being reasonable. Far from it. Adultery, in my mind, should have no governmental response or involvement (except maybe as a fact in a divorce proceeding). You should also understand that in the Muslim world, a women can be convicted of adultery for being raped. The guy usually gets off with his life intact. If you want to know more about this kind of religious "justice", please see the Faith Freedom website for much more info (guaranteed to make your stomach ache).

The next time you see a Muslim cleric prattling on about how "equal" the sexes are in Islam, think about this poor woman........ And question exactly what they mean about being "equal".

I thank God everyday that I was born in a free America, and my children were born here too. I can't even begin to imagine my fate if I were born elsewhere.....