Check out this
column by Michael Medved writing for
Townhall.com. He harks back to our two wars with the Barbary pirates in the early 1800s. Medved makes the point that our current conflict is a natural extension of those conflicts which were reactions to state-sponsored terrorism, taking the form of piracy and slave-trading.
Here are two of Medved's seven key points:
- Islamic enmity toward the US is rooted in the Muslim religion, not recent American policy.
- Cruel treatment of enemies by Muslim extremists is a long-standing tradition.
By comparison, the facility at Guantanamo Bay is a beach resort.
