Iran, a Boil on the Ass of Civilization

I am depressed over the seizure of the 15 British marines and sailors by the thugocracy of Iran, what a Jawa Report blogger has aptly described as "a boil on the ass of civilization." It reminds me of when Americans were seized back in 1979 and held for over a year under harsh and humiliating condition. Americans had to endure unquenched anger for many months. There is no feeling worse than unexpiated hatred. The desire to strike back at a bully, a villain, a despot can be overwhelming.

The West has become weak, decadent, and indecisive from too many years of liberal rule and the self-hating leftwing politics and culture that infest our media and universities. It is time we cleared this dry rot from the foundations of our civilization and replaced it with an iron resolve.

Today the Iranian despots are staging "angry" demonstrations at the British Embassy in Tehran and British officials are telling families of the kidnapped Brits to be ready for the long-term captivity of their loved ones. The Iranians, knowing full well that the weak and decadent West will not attack them, will milk the captives for all of the propaganda they can get.

Rabbi Aryeh Spiro shares my gloom (hat tip Jawa Report). He writes:

This war has become demoralizing because of repeated incidents of this nature: the unwillingness of Western powers to crush the enemy even in service of defending our own people. We have allowed the enemy to think he is braver than us. We have, thereby, emboldened the enemy and made things tougher for ourselves, not easier.

We fire not on their fortress mosques, nor on their ships, nor during their holy days, nor in their holy cities, nor at their “holy men.” We dare not humiliate. Instead, we allow ourselves to be forever humiliated and forfeit our men and women. So concerned are we about not offending Muslim pride we have thrown away our own. The West has decided that all things Islamic are to be granted a reverence we no longer grant ourselves. The sand and plaster of the fortress mosque seems to carry more importance than even the flesh and blood of our own soldiers.

Amen brother. I don't care a damn about Muslim pride, as if so murderous a culture could engender such a feeling. For despots and tyrants, let there be no refuge, not even that afforded by a "holy" book or barbarism masquerading as religion. I look forward to the day when Western bombs will begin falling on Iran, reducing that tyranny to rubble.