I have regularly observed that during a protracted war both sides adopt some of the issues that drive the other side. During the Cold War, America in reaction to Soviet and the Chinese atheism and hatred of commerce absorbed more religion into our society and more appreciation for free markets. We also absorbed both the atheism and anti-commerce positions in our political Left.
In the current protracted war with Proselytic Islam the same thing is happening. In reaction to the Arab world and much of Islam, we have welcomed gay marriage and turned much of our military fighting units into gay-feminist-transgender wimps.
On the other hand, the Left has adopted the Proselytic Islamic Jew hate. Most shocking of all is that the Taliban and the Islamic State have enjoyed destroying artifacts of history. The Taliban destroyed the Great Buddha of Bamiyan. The Islamic State merrily destroyed the ancient Greek city of Nimrud.
This complete disregard for history is now part of America on our campuses. Academics are gleefully removing the names of historic figures from buildings, institutions and everything they can find.
Woodrow Wilson’s name is being removed from many places at Princeton where he was once president. The Democrat Party is removing the names of presidents Jefferson and Jackson from their Party Celebrations. The Democrats are trying to remove Alexander Hamilton, the founder of our financial system, from the $10 bill.
Most shocking of all, nearly all remnants, artifacts and memorials related to our civil war have been removed or obliterated in the Confederate areas of the United States.
This is what happens in a protracted war.