The message of Vietnam is not that Americans will not take casualties; it is that the American people do not want the lives of their sons and daughte… - Ralph Peters

[T]he American dream is still alive and well, thanks: Even the newest taxi driver stumbling over his English grammar knows he can truly become an American. But European Muslims can't become French or Dutch or Italian or German. Even if they qualify for a passport, they remain second-class citizens. On a good day. And they're supposed to take over the continent that's exported more death than any other?

We [the U.S.] think nothing…of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.

We [Americans] choose not to understand the world on terms other than our own.