The War for Civilization
Dear God. Hyperlink. Do you remember the world of August 2001, just five scant years ago? Jihadist terrorism was a deadly threat in August of 2001, but it was a deadly threat of which we were all blissfully ignorant. We were living in a fool's paradise, but as I've said before, the thing about living in a fool's paradise is until it falls apart you're living in paradise. And who doesn't enjoy living in paradise?

Still, that world is dead and gone. The war for civilization, the war for peace and the rule of law, continues. The triumph of liberal democracy over despotism and terrorism is inevitable, but lamentably that doesn't mean there won't be many terrible days of blood and fire between now and glorious victory. Thank the Almighty today wasn't one of those days.