Dragging the Corpse of Dead American Ambassador Through Streets

Corriere della Sera – Il tentativo estremo di salvare l’ambasciatore Stevens

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While I’m certain that most Americans are outraged by the pictures of Ambassador Stevens’ body being carried through the streets, I don’t think it’s particularly helpful to post it all over the internet.

Why the hell not?

American and Americans have been in full flight from the reality of militant Islam for decades, ever since Jimmy Carter convinced himself that the Ayatollah Khomeini taking over Iran was a good idea.

And to say this:

And, yes, we all want to talk tough about going over there and kicking some ass, but I don’t see lines of youngsters lining up at recruiting station.

Betrays a lot of ignorance about what a voluntary military is all about.

Those kids have already lined up at the recruiting stations. We don’t need one single more tool than those we already have in our toolkit to strangle the balls of Libyan Islam until their hearts and minds scream in abject terror at the mere notion of threatening the United States and our representatives.

Well, we’re missing one tool in the tool at the top: Guts.