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December 2, 2006
Things I Know
Francis Porretto neatly captured much of the reason for my decreased blogging lately: "Fulfillment is an individual matter; my fulfillment, as a writer and thinker, has been hampered by focusing on politics six days a week with a little restful mysticism on the seventh."
Actually, for me, there is another component as well. I have been convinced for years that, should we not fight the jihadis aggressively and everywhere now, then we will eventually end up in a war on the scale of WWII, probably including a genocide or two along the way, and probably the loss of an American city or two. I have tried to convince others of this, too. But I've realized, or remembered really, that there are certain inevitable historical forces that will come about.
I know that there will almost certainly be a world war soon, and that 9/11 won't be dated as the start of it. I know that millions, maybe a billion, would die in this war. I know that it would end with either the fall of the West or the destruction of the Arabs to all practical intents. I know that the barbarians have a good shot at destroying the Europe of my youth, where there is likely to be a civil war in my lifetime between the Muslims and the non-Muslims, and that they have a shot at global domination.
I know, too, that there is little I can do to avert or even mitigate this, and I am content. I am content because I believe that at the end of it all, America will still stand, and will still be the most free place on the plant. I hope we will be freer than now, and deeply hope that my sons will not have to die to bring this about.
I used to fear these things; now I simply accept them. And knowing these things, I've realized that it's much more important for me to focus on my family and my interests than on politics and current events. And that's why I haven't been blogging much.
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