When Anger Goes Cosmic
6th November 2009
Andy McCarthy gets it.
VDH says, “A saner approach would be to acknowledge that there is a small minority of Muslims who channel generic Islamist fantasies.” I would just point out that the belief that the American military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan is cause for violent jihad until Americans are driven out of those Muslim countries is not a generic Islamic fantasy held by a small minority of Muslims. It is a mainstream Islamic position held by tens of millions of Muslims. That doesn’t mean tens of millions of Muslims will act on it, but many will and millions will cheer on those who do.