"The System Worked"

Much has been written and said about this poorly uttered phrase of DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. Surely it has been added to the lexicon of political gaffes along with "Where is the 'O'" and "I did not have sexual encounter with that woman".

But I disagree with most conservative writers and commentators who assert that said phrase was not just incorrect but highlighted the incompetence inherent in the Obama White House. The system did indeed work.

For the muslim terrorists.

Since the birth and life of mohammad the false prophet in the 7th century, his followers have used violence, fear, terror to spread their religion. Let's not forget: "islam" means "submission". The muhammadans began their campaign in northern Africa and moved into Persia, stopping of course in the Holy City of Jerusalem where mohammed died, conveniently adding a third religious group to Jerusalem's already crowded streets. Where was Titus when you needed him...

The advance of the muhammadans continued into Byzantium along the Adriatic coast in the eastern edge of Caesar's mare nostrum and across Gibraltar into the Iberian Peninsula in the western edge of Christendom. Opposition was few and far between. A chaotic dark ages of civilization had plunged Europe into disorganized feuding fiefdoms and collectives without army, defense and structure.

But leaders did indeed emerge from the ashes of Rome's greatness. Charles the hammer Martel and his progeny Charles the Great, Charles-le-magne. Muhammadans, people of a certain religious faith that spread their belief through the sword, had been stopped along the Pyrenees. And Christians from Covedunga began their southward crusade pushing the muhhamadans back into Africa over the next 500 years. When the House of Aragon and Castilla united in marriage in the late 15th century, their combined forces finished the job.

"Spain" is the only region once held by muhammadans that has been restored to the west. Iberia is a phrase the Ayatollah invokes as a war cry. When I lived in Spain I remember an imam in Madrid saying something about "reconquering Spain without firing one shot". Well- all it took was a bomb on a train and the rage in Spain falls mainly on... cowardice.

For homework, look up the Battle of Lepanto of 1571 and Pope Pius V. Then, read about Jan Sobieski and the Battle of Vienna of 1683. History shows us that the west has been in FUNDAMENTAL CONFLICT with the muhammadans for 1400 years. We have never lived peacefully side by side. We have never experienced mutual collaboration and fraternity.

There has been prelude to war, war, defeat, and muhammadans defeat. The last defeat gave us a few hundred years of quiet. We are quiet no longer. Since 1979 the west has been at war again. Our president can bow to Saudi kings and pronounce islamic terms with an islamic accent and call the koran "holy". He can falsely exaggerate islam's achievements (the arch? geometry? really? who wrote that Cairo speech and had he ever heard of Pythagoras or Euclid or the ancient Romans?). He can, and probably will, make many more overtures of appeasement. But that will not bring peace or coexistence.

Look at history.

So when Janet Napolitano says "the system worked" she is speaking a truth. The system as intended by post-W Obama is a roaring success. It keeps his head firmly in the sand while terrorists make gains. It forces tens of thousands of American travelers to take off their belt and shoes and dance through scanners in security kabuki instead of pulling asides 18-35 year old men named Akhed who checked in without luggage. It grants civilian trials to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and permits Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab miranda privileges while forcing us all to "hold it in" during the last hour on a plane so as not to detonate our briefs.

The system works. It suspects all equally while appeasing the enemy in the hopes that he stop killing us. Obviously our President does not understand our enemy. If he thinks Lepanto is like Waterloo, then he is sadly ignorant of facts. Those stubborn facts.

In this age of darkness when the west is once again plagued by failing economies, dispair and fear have become commonplace. Muhammadans take this opportunity to advance their cause as they have always done in history. But I am certain our Hammer, our le-magne or Sobieski will rise up again and drive them back. And like Scippio, may he salt their fields of religious evil so that nothing may grow again.

Then we won't need a system.