Saturday, May 15, 2004

The Passion of Reason

At the end of her new book "The Force of Reason", Oriana Fallaci expresses the fear that America will be unable to defeat Islam alone. She considers that America needs Europe to do this, as "America is not the West that Islam wants to subjugate" - it's European culture and civilization that Islam wants to destroy, and therefore in order to "put out the fire" it's Europe that must act. Unfortunately, however, Europe is unable to fulfil this role, as it has been completely corrupted and Islamized, and has forgotten how to use the reason that is its heritage. Fallaci's view of the future is very pessimistic, though she believes that if the West could rediscover its passion and conviction, something could be saved.

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