It will have to do

Are the Europeans learning? We still don't know. The recent sentencing of the fanatical muslim priest, Abu Hamza, was encouraging, albeit he only got 7 years. Still, this says very little to how the continental Europeans will act since the Brits have always been quicker than their neighbors to recognize an imminent threat.

Fanatical muslims have used the cover of a tolerant culture to infiltrate into societies that they hate and wish to destroy. Along with the recent riots over a few cartoons, Europeans should get a close look at radical cultures which have nothing but contempt for tolerance. Like 19th century anarchists who sought to destroy the powerful, they hate what they think they cannot have. Power corrupts the few, but weakness corrupts the many (Eric Hoffer).

It is time to speak the truth to the middle east. We cannot abide their backward cultures any more. Even if imperfectly, we must stand on principle. Reform.