FLIGHT 253 PROVES - ONCE AGAIN - APPEASEMENT IS WORTHLESS AGAINST GLOBAL JIHADISM

ANDY MCCARTHY:

Hadn't Abdulmutallab heard that we are closing Gitmo? Hadn't he heard that we're phasing out military-commissions so we can show the world that we give even the worst mass-murderers civilian trials with all the rights of American citizens? Hadn't he heard that President Obama has banned torture (yes, yes, I know, actually Congress banned it 15 years ago — details, details ...)? Hadn't he heard that the president has called for "a new beginning" in America's relationship with the Muslim world? Hadn't he heard that this is our new, smarter strategy to safeguard the nation from man-caused disasters?

I suspect he's heard all those things.

THE ATTACK ON FLIGHT 253 PROVES ONCE AGAIN THAT GLOBAL JIHAD WILL NOT RETREAT BECAUSE OF APPEASEMENT.

• GLOBAL JIHAD IS A PROACTIVE IDEOLOGY WHICH DEMANDS CONVERSION OR DHIMMITUDE OF ALL NON-MUSLIMS (OR "INFERIOR MUSLIMS).

• GLOBAL JIHAD EXISTS BECAUSE OF ISLAM'S CORE BELIEF IN AND USE OF COERCION, VIOLENCE AND TERROR TO PROSELYTIZE AND COVERT - OR KILL THE SO-CALLED INFIDEL.

• AS LONG AS ISLAM EXISTS, GLOBAL JIHAD WILL EXIST AND BE A GLOBAL THREAT - A POTENTIALLY GENOCIDAL ONE BECAUSE OF THE PROLIFERATION OF WMD AND THE ADVENT OF AND ECONOMIC NEED FOR GLOBALIZATION.

• THEREFORE, TO DEFEAT GLOBAL JIHAD WE MUST VANQUISH ISLAM.