The United
States of America has been called ‘the leader of the free world’. It began to
earn that title when it entered World War Two. It assumed that title in earnest
when the Cold War against Russia began after World War Two had ended.
It earned
that title because it led the West against two evils called, Nazi Germany and Communist
Russia. It carried the heaviest burden in the struggles that led to victory
against those evils. It forced Nazi Germany to an unconditional surrender. It
engineered the collapse of Communist Russia.
Nazism and
Communism were called ‘evil’ for several reasons. They wanted to conquer the
free world. They wanted to control the free world. They wanted to enslave the
free world. They wanted to destroy the civilization of the free world.
That made
them evil.
They used
war to conquer others. They used brutal force to dominate all life wherever they
became Masters. They sought to rule the world.
That made
them evil.
The free
world rejected that evil. The free world did not want to be ruled by tyrannies
that had literally murdered and tortured millions.
These
ideologies were evil because they saw the world in the starkest of terms: they
told us, for example, that we had only two choices. They said, “There are two
worlds that stand opposed to each other” (read the radio address of President
Franklin Roosevelt, Washington, December 29, 1940; Roosevelt spoke of the Nazi;
but his words could apply also to Communist Russia under Stalin). Their world will,
they said, conquer ours.
That made
them evil.
Hitler’s Germany
and then, later, Stalin’s Russia stood defiantly before the world. Each was
ruthless.
That’s why
they were evil.
America stood
steadfast against that evil. It fought against Hitler and Stalin so that the free
world would remain free. It stood when others were afraid. Its unwavering
commitment to freedom made it the leader of the Free World.
Today, we
face a different evil. But it is still an evil that aims to do what the Nazis
and Communists failed to do: conquer us, dominate us, enslave us.
This evil also
aims to destroy free nations. It aims to force free nations to do its will.
There is only
one such ruthless evil in the world. There is only one ideology that seeks to
destroy freedom’s civilization. That evil is militant Islam.
An ideology
becomes an evil to free people because it promotes the free world’s destruction.
It presents itself as being irreconcilably opposed to any way of life different
from its own. That was the argument of the Nazis and the Communists. It is the argument
of militant Islam.
That’s why militant
Islam attacked the United States (September 11, 2001). It’s why it has attacked
Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Kenya, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Somalia and others. It
aims to destroy what is not of its own making.
America no
longer stands firm against this Islam. It no longer fights this Islam. It pulls
back from the fight.
Today, only
one country in the world fights this new evil. Only one country risks its very existence—and
its international reputation--to stand firm against this evil. That country is
Israel.
In a new
essay, “Israel Holds the Free World's Destiny in Her Hands” (Arutz Sheva,
July 20, 2014), Giulio Meotti describes Israel as standing alone as it wars
against militant Islam. Israel, he says, fights a battle for all of us. He calls
Israel the first line of Western defense in the battle for non-Muslim survival
and prosperity in the world (ibid).
He is right.
He understands the evil that challenges the West. To survive, the West must
fight. Surrender means the death of our civilization.
Clearly, Meotti
has read the Islamic calls to destroy both the Little Satan (Israel) and the
Great Satan (the United States). He understands the fanaticism of militant
Islam. He understands what this militant Islam has done in Syria, Africa and
Iran.
The nation which
he describes as standing alone against this evil is not just a small nation. It’s
not just a Jewish nation. It’s something more.
While he
doesn’t use these words, his essay describes the leader of the free world. As
he suggests, a leader makes sacrifices to carry the banner of freedom. A leader
pays a price to lead. A leader understands how to be ‘steadfast’.
He does not
describe America. He describes Israel.
America is
no longer the leader of the free world. America will no longer stand against
militant Islam. America no longer wants to oppose the drive of militant Islam to
conquer and enslave.
America
abdicates its leadership. America abandons the fight for freedom.
Israel doesn’t.
Israel fights.
That’s why
Israel is now the leader of the free world.
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