The Anchoress writes this, and I only wish I could have put it in words as well as she does.
The world has more than amply demonstrated that it would like to see
Islam put away its swords and get on with the business of simply living
life – which is difficult enough without having to worry about jihad -
and yet Islam will not comply. With Benedict’s words, the world is
finally free to come out and ask, “Okay, short of our surrender and our
conversions, what is it going to take to get you folks to settle down?”That is the quintessential question of the age, for without the
answer we will continue to pussy-foot and dance around the whole issue
of Islamic violence for another few decades. A clear question and a
clear answer will finally and fully tell the West what it needs to know
in order to either defend itself seriously, or simply capitulate.
Great stuff. Read it all. Also, the full text of the Pope’s speech is here. It is really scholarly and a very good read as well.
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