Look at the world through the eyes of Hamas and its apologists, and ask yourself: what’s the point of sending a couple of boats full of terror “activists” to run the Gaza blockade?

The short-term benefit is obvious.  Israel is placed in another no-win situation.  If the Israeli military had allowed the Terror Flotilla to cruise on its way, they would have displayed a dangerously provocative weakness.  Enforcing the blockade brought the Israelis into contact with armed and determined terrorist agents.  When the IDF commandos defended themselves, a credulous global media was ready to write stories of “peace activists” being “massacred,” as Hamas desired.  Within twenty four hours, regimes noted for the regular murder of their captive subjects were at the podium of the United Nations, denouncing a democracy for defending its borders.  I have yet to see a major media figure ask how many of the countries denouncing Israel would respond to an invading flotilla by sending in a squad of guys with paintball guns.

The long-term strategy behind the Terror Flotilla is more troubling, because the pieces in that game are moved by the skeleton hand of anti-civilization… and it is winning.

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A friend forwarded the following link to me this evening.  It’s a fifteen-minute presentation that details the confession made by Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, including statements which establish Muhammad was not speaking under duress.

Before following this link, please be aware the video includes some graphic footage from the beheading of Daniel Pearl.  I confess I’m a little uneasy about that part, because I don’t want to show disrespect to Mr. Pearl or his family, or bring them any further grief.  However, the entire point of this presentation is to remind the viewer exactly what a monster Muhammad is.  The concept of civilian trials for such an animal is ludicrous and insulting.

It’s too easy to lose our visceral sense of evil.  It has a short half-life, and our souls are quick to expel the poison of its memory.  The civilized world tries to close itself around the wound Khalid Sheikh Muhammad and his fellow savages tore through it.  If you follow the link below, your sense of evil will be powerfully refreshed.

The Confession of Khalid Sheikh Muhammad