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Old Jan 31st 2007 | 1:12 am
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The Enemy At Home

The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11


Written by Dinesh D'SouzaAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to
new works by Dinesh D'Souza

* ISBN: 978-0-385-51012-7 (0-385-51012-8)

Also available as an eBook.
Doubleday

Published by Doubleday


ABOUT THIS BOOK

>From THE ENEMY AT HOME:

"In this book I make a claim that will seem startling at the outset.
The cultural left in this country is responsible for causing 9/11. ...
In faulting the cultural left, I am not making the absurd accusation
that this group blew up the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I am
saying that the cultural left and its allies in Congress, the media,
Hollywood, the nonprofit sector, and the universities are the primary
cause of the volcano of anger toward America that is erupting from the
Islamic world. The Muslims who carried out the 9/11 attacks were the
product of this visceral rage-some of it based on legitimate concerns,
some of it based on wrongful prejudice, but all of it fueled and
encouraged by the cultural left. Thus without the cultural left, 9/11
would not have happened.

"I realize that this is a strong charge, one that no one has made
before. But it is a neglected aspect of the 9/11 debate, and it is
critical to understanding the current controversy over the 'war
against terrorism.' ... I intend to show that the left has actively
fostered the intense hatred of America that has led to numerous
attacks such as 9/11. If I am right, then no war against terrorism can
be effectively fought using the left-wing premises that are now
accepted doctrine among mainstream liberals and Democrats."

Whenever Muslims charge that the war on terror is really a war against
Islam, Americans hasten to assure them they are wrong. Yet as Dinesh
D'Souza argues in this powerful and timely polemic, there really is a
war against Islam. Only this war is not being waged by Christian
conservatives bent on a moral crusade to impose democracy abroad but
by the American cultural left, which for years has been vigorously
exporting its domestic war against religion and traditional morality
to the rest of the world.

D'Souza contends that the cultural left is responsible for 9/11 in two
ways: by fostering a decadent and depraved American culture that
angers and repulses other societies-especially traditional and
religious ones- and by promoting, at home and abroad, an anti-American
attitude that blames America for all the problems of the world.

Islamic anti-Americanism is not merely a reaction to U.S. foreign
policy but is also rooted in a revulsion against what Muslims perceive
to be the atheism and moral depravity of American popular culture.
Muslims and other traditional people around the world allege that
secular American values are being imposed on their societies and that
these values undermine religious belief, weaken the traditional
family, and corrupt the innocence of children. But it is not "America"
that is doing this to them, it is the American cultural left. What
traditional societies consider repulsive and immoral, the cultural
left considers progressive and liberating.

Taking issue with those on the right who speak of a "clash of
civilizations," D'Souza argues that the war on terror is really a war
for the hearts and minds of traditional Muslims-and traditional
peoples everywhere. The only way to win the struggle with radical
Islam is to convince traditional Muslims that America is on their
side.

We are accustomed to thinking of the war on terror and the culture war
as two distinct and separate struggles. D'Souza shows that they are
really one and the same. Conservatives must recognize that the left
is now allied with the Islamic radicals in a combined effort to defeat
Bush's war on terror. A whole new strategy is therefore needed to
fight both wars. "In order to defeat the Islamic radicals abroad,"
D'Souza writes, "we must defeat the enemy at home."
 
Old Jan 31st 2007 | 2:22 am
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A.Spencer3
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"PJ O'Donovan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected] oups.com...
>
> The Enemy At Home
>
> The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11
>
>
> Written by Dinesh D'SouzaAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to
> new works by Dinesh D'Souza
>
> * ISBN: 978-0-385-51012-7 (0-385-51012-8)
>
> Also available as an eBook.
> Doubleday
>
> Published by Doubleday
>
>
> ABOUT THIS BOOK
>
> >From THE ENEMY AT HOME:
>
> "In this book I make a claim that will seem startling at the outset.
> The cultural left in this country is responsible for causing 9/11. ...
> In faulting the cultural left, I am not making the absurd accusation
> that this group blew up the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I am
> saying that the cultural left and its allies in Congress, the media,
> Hollywood, the nonprofit sector, and the universities are the primary
> cause of the volcano of anger toward America that is erupting from the
> Islamic world. The Muslims who carried out the 9/11 attacks were the
> product of this visceral rage-some of it based on legitimate concerns,
> some of it based on wrongful prejudice, but all of it fueled and
> encouraged by the cultural left. Thus without the cultural left, 9/11
> would not have happened.
>
> "I realize that this is a strong charge, one that no one has made
> before. But it is a neglected aspect of the 9/11 debate, and it is
> critical to understanding the current controversy over the 'war
> against terrorism.' ... I intend to show that the left has actively
> fostered the intense hatred of America that has led to numerous
> attacks such as 9/11. If I am right, then no war against terrorism can
> be effectively fought using the left-wing premises that are now
> accepted doctrine among mainstream liberals and Democrats."
>
> Whenever Muslims charge that the war on terror is really a war against
> Islam, Americans hasten to assure them they are wrong. Yet as Dinesh
> D'Souza argues in this powerful and timely polemic, there really is a
> war against Islam. Only this war is not being waged by Christian
> conservatives bent on a moral crusade to impose democracy abroad but
> by the American cultural left, which for years has been vigorously
> exporting its domestic war against religion and traditional morality
> to the rest of the world.
>
> D'Souza contends that the cultural left is responsible for 9/11 in two
> ways: by fostering a decadent and depraved American culture that
> angers and repulses other societies-especially traditional and
> religious ones- and by promoting, at home and abroad, an anti-American
> attitude that blames America for all the problems of the world.
>
> Islamic anti-Americanism is not merely a reaction to U.S. foreign
> policy but is also rooted in a revulsion against what Muslims perceive
> to be the atheism and moral depravity of American popular culture.
> Muslims and other traditional people around the world allege that
> secular American values are being imposed on their societies and that
> these values undermine religious belief, weaken the traditional
> family, and corrupt the innocence of children. But it is not "America"
> that is doing this to them, it is the American cultural left. What
> traditional societies consider repulsive and immoral, the cultural
> left considers progressive and liberating.
>
> Taking issue with those on the right who speak of a "clash of
> civilizations," D'Souza argues that the war on terror is really a war
> for the hearts and minds of traditional Muslims-and traditional
> peoples everywhere. The only way to win the struggle with radical
> Islam is to convince traditional Muslims that America is on their
> side.
>
> We are accustomed to thinking of the war on terror and the culture war
> as two distinct and separate struggles. D'Souza shows that they are
> really one and the same. Conservatives must recognize that the left
> is now allied with the Islamic radicals in a combined effort to defeat
> Bush's war on terror. A whole new strategy is therefore needed to
> fight both wars. "In order to defeat the Islamic radicals abroad,"
> D'Souza writes, "we must defeat the enemy at home."
>

What a total load of rightist rhubarb!

Surreyman
 
Old Jan 31st 2007 | 3:35 am
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asclero
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"PJ O'Donovan" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:
[email protected]. com...
>
> The Enemy At Home
<snip>
Back to Story - Help

By BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press Writer
1-19-07

A charter school alerted authorities to a 29-year-old sex offender who
tried to enroll there, pretending he was just 12, in what sheriff's
officials said Friday may have been an attempt to lure children into
sexual abuse.

The Yavapai County, Arizona sheriff's office also said Neil Havens
Rodreick II conned two men he was living with and having sex with into
believing he was a young boy. One of them, 61-year-old Lonnie
Stiffler, called himself Rodreick's grandfather when he tried to
enroll him at Mingus Springs Charter School as "Casey Price."

"This is the weirdest case I've seen in 18 years," sheriff's
spokeswoman Susan Quayle said. "If it wasn't so sad it would be
funny."
 
Old Jan 31st 2007 | 8:00 am
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Runge
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You are your own enemy at home, grandad.

"PJ O'Donovan" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]. com...
>
> The Enemy At Home
>
> The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11
>
>
> Written by Dinesh D'SouzaAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to
> new works by Dinesh D'Souza
>
> * ISBN: 978-0-385-51012-7 (0-385-51012-8)
>
> Also available as an eBook.
> Doubleday
>
> Published by Doubleday
>
>
> ABOUT THIS BOOK
>
>>From THE ENEMY AT HOME:
>
> "In this book I make a claim that will seem startling at the outset.
> The cultural left in this country is responsible for causing 9/11. ...
> In faulting the cultural left, I am not making the absurd accusation
> that this group blew up the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I am
> saying that the cultural left and its allies in Congress, the media,
> Hollywood, the nonprofit sector, and the universities are the primary
> cause of the volcano of anger toward America that is erupting from the
> Islamic world. The Muslims who carried out the 9/11 attacks were the
> product of this visceral rage-some of it based on legitimate concerns,
> some of it based on wrongful prejudice, but all of it fueled and
> encouraged by the cultural left. Thus without the cultural left, 9/11
> would not have happened.
>
> "I realize that this is a strong charge, one that no one has made
> before. But it is a neglected aspect of the 9/11 debate, and it is
> critical to understanding the current controversy over the 'war
> against terrorism.' ... I intend to show that the left has actively
> fostered the intense hatred of America that has led to numerous
> attacks such as 9/11. If I am right, then no war against terrorism can
> be effectively fought using the left-wing premises that are now
> accepted doctrine among mainstream liberals and Democrats."
>
> Whenever Muslims charge that the war on terror is really a war against
> Islam, Americans hasten to assure them they are wrong. Yet as Dinesh
> D'Souza argues in this powerful and timely polemic, there really is a
> war against Islam. Only this war is not being waged by Christian
> conservatives bent on a moral crusade to impose democracy abroad but
> by the American cultural left, which for years has been vigorously
> exporting its domestic war against religion and traditional morality
> to the rest of the world.
>
> D'Souza contends that the cultural left is responsible for 9/11 in two
> ways: by fostering a decadent and depraved American culture that
> angers and repulses other societies-especially traditional and
> religious ones- and by promoting, at home and abroad, an anti-American
> attitude that blames America for all the problems of the world.
>
> Islamic anti-Americanism is not merely a reaction to U.S. foreign
> policy but is also rooted in a revulsion against what Muslims perceive
> to be the atheism and moral depravity of American popular culture.
> Muslims and other traditional people around the world allege that
> secular American values are being imposed on their societies and that
> these values undermine religious belief, weaken the traditional
> family, and corrupt the innocence of children. But it is not "America"
> that is doing this to them, it is the American cultural left. What
> traditional societies consider repulsive and immoral, the cultural
> left considers progressive and liberating.
>
> Taking issue with those on the right who speak of a "clash of
> civilizations," D'Souza argues that the war on terror is really a war
> for the hearts and minds of traditional Muslims-and traditional
> peoples everywhere. The only way to win the struggle with radical
> Islam is to convince traditional Muslims that America is on their
> side.
>
> We are accustomed to thinking of the war on terror and the culture war
> as two distinct and separate struggles. D'Souza shows that they are
> really one and the same. Conservatives must recognize that the left
> is now allied with the Islamic radicals in a combined effort to defeat
> Bush's war on terror. A whole new strategy is therefore needed to
> fight both wars. "In order to defeat the Islamic radicals abroad,"
> D'Souza writes, "we must defeat the enemy at home."
>
 
Old Jan 31st 2007 | 8:56 am
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Dgs
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a.spencer3 wrote:

> [typical pajama-boi crap]
>
> What a total load of rightist rhubarb!

And the reason you had to quote the WHOLE GODDAMNED STUPIDASS POST in
your reply was what, exactly? Are you kinda new to this Internets
stuff?

*plonk*
 
Old Jan 31st 2007 | 9:14 am
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David Johnston
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On 31 Jan 2007 06:12:08 -0800, "PJ O'Donovan" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>The Enemy At Home
>
>The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11
>
>
>Written by Dinesh D'SouzaAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to
>new works by Dinesh D'Souza
>
> * ISBN: 978-0-385-51012-7 (0-385-51012-8)
>
>Also available as an eBook.
>Doubleday
>
>Published by Doubleday
>
>
>ABOUT THIS BOOK
>
>>From THE ENEMY AT HOME:
>
>"In this book I make a claim that will seem startling at the outset.
>The cultural left in this country is responsible for causing 9/11. ...
>In faulting the cultural left, I am not making the absurd accusation
>that this group blew up the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. I am
>saying that the cultural left and its allies in Congress, the media,
>Hollywood, the nonprofit sector, and the universities are the primary
>cause of the volcano of anger toward America that is erupting from the
>Islamic world.

And people complain about liberals being on the side of the
"Islamofascists". What about this guy?
 

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