Surrendering The War on Terror

Adam Brodsky points out the obvious today. Many seem to want to give up the fight against the Islamofascist monsters without acknowledging that the enemy is not quite ready to stop fighting.

Ever.

The War on Terror is over. Or, at least, the West seems to be declaring it so.

We've had enough.

There's been too much hostility. Too many lives lost; too many civil liberties trampled on. Too many Muslims offended.

So we're pulling out. We'll just have to "dialogue" more - and fight less.

Who sees any chance of winning militarily, anyhow? We'll have to work things out "politically" instead - offering "flexibility" and a willingness to compromise with the enemy.

Just one little problem: The enemy has yet to sign on to ending the war.

They have no desire to compromise or stand down - and no intention to do so.

We may declare the war over - but they won't. Ever.

Therein lies the main obstacle to ever achieving peace in our lifetimes. We face a bloodthirsty enemy hellbent on destroying us while simultaneously battling the left and the media who think if we just talk to them enough, they'll understand we all want to sing Kumbaya and they will lay down their arms.

Never going to happen.

They say so openly. Repeatedly. And backs up their words with horrific proof.

Still, we pretend - at our peril - that we can just withdraw and declare the war over. Consider the West's record of the past few weeks:

* Democrats keep setting surrender dates in Iraq, even as they fail to provide funding for U.S. troops there. As if our retreat won't plunge the Middle East into disaster - with consequences for America soon to follow.

* House Speaker Nancy Pelosi treats with Syria, a chief sponsor of terror. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) says he's dying to yuk it up with the thugs in Iran.

* Tehran, meanwhile, holds 15 British sailors hostage for two weeks - and Britain, once the greatest naval power on earth, does . . . nothing.

* Italy gets Afghanistan to release five Taliban captives in exchange for an Italian journalist, signaling that kidnappings pay. (After the Italian's released, the butchers slit the throat of his Afghan colleague.)

* Congress greenlights millions in funding for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas - even though he has partnered with Hamas, a ruthless terror organization.

* President Bush brags about "progress" in blocking foreigners from illegally entering the country, even though - five years after 9/11 - tens of thousands continue to hop the border every month.

* Mike Bloomberg - the mayor of the city where the World Trade Center towered, until terrorists siezed [sic] those aircraft on 9/11 - says there's nothing wrong with retaining a city human-rights commissioner who's actively aiding the attempt by "the flying imams" to deter Americans from reporting suspicious behavior.

* A report in Britain says teachers there are scrapping lessons on the Holocaust and the Crusades, so as not to offend Muslims who deny the historical record.

* A former U.S. national security adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, argues in The Washington Post that damage caused merely by the phrase "War on Terror" is "infinitely greater than any wild dreams entertained by the fanatical perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks."

* Iran announces (maybe falsely, but who knows?) that it can now enrich uranium at an industrial pace - and the world yawns.

* Israel considers the release of scores of Palestinian prisoners, even ones with blood on their hands, in exchange for an Israeli soldier.

These strong signs that we're losing the will to fight are sure to encourage terrorists and boost the odds that they'll launch new strikes against us.

If a Democrat takes the White House in 2008, no doubt he or she will signal further willingness to have dialogue with our enemies, who will only laugh and attack us further.

We must unleash the full fury of our military might against the enemy worldwide and utterly destroy them. Until we do, we face a bleak future.