This post begins with a quotation from Mark Steyn (http://www.steynonline.com)
On 11 September 2001, I wrote that one of the casualties of the day's events would be the Western alliance: 'The US taxpayer's willingness to pay for the defence of Canada and Europe has contributed to the decay of America's so-called "allies", freeing them to disband their armed forces, flirt with dictators and gangster states, and essentially convert themselves to semi-non-aligned.' 'The West' was an obsolete concept, because, as I put it later that month, for everyone but America 'the free world is mostly a free ride'.
[There is much more on the site and between these two excerpts.]
Somehow -- some way -- we must seek to free Muslims in their own lands by providing the tools that are not there now. The key to that is education -- a proper education that has to do with subjects like math and science -- engineering -- to name only a few. We should be seeking a situation where they will want to remain at home, not immigrate to our countries. That does not mean we bring them here! It means that we build the resources THERE and make them available to all.
Another thing -- we need to create a situation in this country where large familes are once again welcome. The idea of two going out to work just to pay exorbitant taxes has a lot to do with why we are failing -- and we are.
