At the risk of sounding bellicose, I pose the following thought. If Denmark’s embassy in Syria is indeed sovereign Danish territory, and if Denmark is a member of NATO (and it is), then Syria has attacked a treaty partner with whom we have a mutual defense agreement. (This assumes, of course, that the attacks can credibly be shown to be initiated by or sanctioned by the Syrian government.)
If we have not reached the tipping point, displays such as these surely bring us to the brink. The burden is clearly on Islam to positively demonstrate that it is not a religion of hate, intolerance, and destruction. Time grows short.
Radical Islam is igniting a conflagration that must ultimately bring the greatest suffering to the poorest and most oppressed people on Earth, innocent Muslims and their children. This is as obvious as is the fact that Islam can not triumph in a direct confrontation with Western civilization.
If peaceful Muslims are not willing to acknowledge this truth, to respond to the evil being done in their name, and to do so soon, that will demonstrate that the Islam of peace is the exception, not the rule, and that Islam is in fact the enemy of civilization.
That will be a tragedy for Muslims everywhere, made more tragic because it was in their power to prevent it by espousing the love and tolerance many claim is the true Islam.
Peaceful Muslims, for the love of God, and for your children, raise your voices now, before the din of war makes it impossible for us to hear you.
February 6, 2006 at 9:23 pm
Here is an apology you might want to read. http://www.sorrynorwaydenmark.com/
February 7, 2006 at 8:19 pm
Here’s a link that tells about the details of our NATO obligations with regard to attacks on foreign soil. It’s VodkaPundit, post I Wish. I don’t know how to do a trackback or anything.