Belmont Club hits the nail on the head

The Belmont Club cuts through the political rhetoric and articulates the difference between the Democratic (and French) and Republican approaches to terrorism. The choice this year could not be more stark. Do we return to the days of concession and equivocation and negotiation (as Spain has chosen to do) or do we continue to take the fight to the enemy?

If you want to see your children and grandchildren grow up in a world where they are safe and free to do as they chose, then you should fully support the war on terrorism. For Americans, there has never been a more important election, perhaps in our entire history, than this one.

I am reminded of Pastor Martin Niemoeller's famous saying from World War II

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me--
and there was no one left to speak out for me.