Not Living Life as Usual

Matt Barber in Townhall today says that, "Not all Muslims are terrorists, but that most terrorists are Muslims." He goes on to make his case by quoting Brigitte Gabriel, a world-renowned national security expert whose focus area is Islamic terrorism. Gabriel says that:

" ... there are 1.2 billion Muslims in the world. Of them, intelligence agencies estimate that 15-25 percent are orthodox Muslims, meaning they actually follow the teachings of the Quran."

She continues:

“That leaves 75 percent of [Muslims being] peaceful people, but when you look at 15-25 percent of the world’s Muslim population, you’re looking at 180 million to 300 million people dedicated to the destruction of Western civilization. That is as big as the United States,” she concludes.


Barber then adds:

"Indeed, with these harrowing numbers in mind it’s no surprise that there have been nearly 27,500 terrorist attacks worldwide committed by faithful Muslims since 9/11.

There have been zero committed by faithful Christians." (Emphasis added)

Barber and Gabriel are right. The United States and the West need to drop the PC blinders, look reality in the face, and roll up their collective sleeves for a long, messy, and protracted struggle with a sizable minority around the world. It's a very different kind of war but one which will have, at some point in the future, real winners and real losers and all the consequences for each. We did not ask for this fight but we had better win it.