Book Review: The Fight of our Lives by William Bennett and Seth Leibsohn
Official Book Description
Want to know the dirty little secret in the war on terror? Some of us have already surrendered.
Since the dreadful events of 9/11, America has waged an international war on terrorism. But are we prepared to win, or are we practicing surrender? We have foiled dozens of terrorist attacks since then. But while the Fort Dix terrorists were stopped, an Islamist terrorist at Fort Hood unleashed hell on American servicemen. Despite Maj. Nidal Hasan’s shouting “Allahu Akbar” as he pulled the trigger, the official Pentagon report refused to mention Islam or use the word Muslim. And said the army chief of staff, “As horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse.” As William J. Bennett and Seth Leibsohn show, for lack of clarity, conviction, and determination, America is on the verge of declaring preemptive cultural surrender in the war on terror. The Fight of Our Lives will reinvigorate the discussion and embolden those who wish to win the war on terror.
My rating: 4 stars
My review:
There are a lot of people who won’t like this book. There are a lot of people who will start to read this book and not finish it because the words “radical Islam” are in the first sentence of the introduction. It’s too bad. This is a good book and an eye opening one.
From page 138: “...consider: Almost every time an analysis of terrorism is engaged in, from townhalls to symposia, an inevitable point will be made about “causes” and “justifications” and what the West or the United States can do or should do to help stop it. How we need to change, how we need to alter a certain policy, how we need to be more understanding, how we need to reexamine certain assumptions or practices. As if in some way - large or small - we are at fault or to blame.”
And this is where the authors seem to hit the nail on the head. Instead of seeing the enemy as the enemy, our leaders are trying to find excuses and place blame on lack of tolerance or whatever. We’ve stopped seeing that our enemy “has a corrupt philosophy that, when acted upon, has led (and will lead) to untold slaughter and death.”
Read the book. It’s eye opening.
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