Lores Rizkalla Live

I forgot to add that, as Lores points out, it is important that we spread our views not just amongst ourselves but amongst the vast majority of Americans who are not even aware how grave the threat we face from Islamofascism is. I'd like to thank Lores for her terrific work and for hosting these discussions. Hope to see many more of these types of interviews on her show.

rajender razdan, thank you for your comments and compliments, they are always welcome! i hope you do not mind me getting a bit off the topic and even getting a bit personal for just a moment, but remembering you saying that you came from india, i just want to say that your country is the only major country in world history who has never, ever persecuted my jewish people. i do not know what religion you are, but there was a period of my life when i immersed myself in hinduism. one of the things that so drew me to it was its value of tolerance, preferring such a free, welcoming stance even over logical consistency.
what i just said actually does tie in to the main point i want to make, which is that at its core, my politically conservative beliefs rests on my love of free choice over coercion. of course there are aspects to our society that i object to; i despise cindy sheehan, michael moore, and the whole anti-war movement. and while i will not get into the finer points here, there are certain sexual lifestyles which i find to be anything from disagreeable to immoral to downright disgusting. yet i would never deprive either group of their right to speak and live as they please; if i am going to change their minds and lifestyles, it is going to be by gentle persuaion, by education, not by force, and certainly not by physical intimidation.
this is exactly the opposite of islamofascism; hence its name. i have no problem with them thinking only their religion is right; christianity feels the same way. but christians do not run around screaming like maniacs as they detonate their suicide bombs. what i object to in islam is that the moslems will use every means possible to force the entire world to ascribe to their beliefs, from lying to intimidation to threats violence to outright murder. it is that aspect that must be stopped, if we want our world to continue.

Sorry for the late reply to Raymond. I've come back to this site after a bit of a gap. Raymond, if you are reading this, thanks for your kind words. I feel quite proud of the fact that India was one of the few countries that provided a safe haven for the persecuted Jews as well as the Tibetan refugees who fled from Chinese occupation. But, by the same token, I feel India has been on the wrong side in its support of Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian muslims (all part of a vote bank politics to curry favor with the Indian muslims) for the past few decades.

Like you, I too don't have any fondness for Cindy Sheehan or Michael Moore; nor do I care much about some of the sexual lifestyles that exist here (its another matter that they exist in all societies, only that they are hidden under the rug elsewhere). I don't have any problem with people trying to bring about changes to the society around them, but as you point out it has to be through free choice rather than coercion. In this regard I believe most of the conservatives have done a good job till now. However, the latest bit from D'Souza seems to me to be a step in the wrong direction. We certainly do not need to forge ties with muslims (of whom even the so-called moderates believe in the need for the imposition of the draconian Sharia laws on both muslim and non-muslims alike) to bash the liberals within our society who may have different moral values than us.

I guess Raymond, I'm just echoing your thoughts here, so I'll stop.