Searching through political cartoons, I came across this gem that describes the current political climate perfectly.

The Appeaser

It's titled The Appeaser. And it is drawn by someone we all know. Dr. Seuss. Now it isn't that Dr. Seuss was a clairvoyant, but that he, unlike many around him, realized the threat that Hitler posed to the world. Like Winston Churchill, he attempted to warn those around him, and like Churchill's peers, many of them closed their eyes and turned deaf ears, in hopes of avoiding another war.

And what exactly happened? One of the most violent wars in world history took place across all of Europe, instead of in Germany alone.

Sound familiar? If it does, than you are in the same boat as I. Knowing that we are headed down the same path, and yet we are powerless to stop it. Many in Washington are simply not willing to do what it takes to answer the threat Islamic-fascism poses to the western world.

I could not count how many times I have heard the excuses, "One mans terrorist is another's freedom fighter," or "Jihad is not a violent term, it simply means 'a struggle'." Perhaps in a darkly ironic way, history is trying to wake us up to the evil we face today.

By that I mean that Jihad's true meaning could be substituted for a nicer sounding 'struggle.' But remember that Mein Kampf also meant 'my struggle,' and it will cost us dearly to ignore it once more.

The term is less important than the actions of those that believe in it. Everywhere across the Muslim world, they say "death to America," or call us "infidels." Openly they call for our destruction, yet we sit still, giving them time. They may not be rearming the Rhineland, but the message is the same. Hitler made no secret of his intentions, and they make none of theirs, yet we wait.

Iran is currently trying to create nuclear weapons. My greatest fear is that we will wait for an official declaration of war from Iran, or Syria. Or that we will sit idly by as they assemble a nuclear arsenal. And then, only then, will we realize that they do not need to declare war officially, or invade another country as Hitler did. For they will only have to push a button, to destroy Israel. Or ship a nuclear weapon into one of the many American Ports to kill millions of American citizens. I will quote from George Orwell, something that seems to fit, "War is evil, but often the lesser evil."

                                "When one sees highly educated men looking on indifferently at
                                   oppression and persecution, one wonders which to despise
                                    more, their cynicism or their shortsightedness." -George Orwell