Liberals will sleep with anybody. No, this isn't just another off—color reference to our esteemed former President Clinton. Instead, I'm referring to political alliances. More specifically, I'm talking about those on the left who would trade in common sense for political opportunism, even at their own peril. In their determined effort to decry the Bush administration and take the offensive against all things conservative, they have ignored the advertised threat to their own lifestyle and safety.

How? Well, they work against the administration's efforts against terrorism; they disavow the benefits of a strong American military presence in the Middle East during a time of war and overt hostilities toward the U.S. and our allies; they publicize and, thereby, thwart defensive investigative techniques employed by the U.S. government to uncover threats to national security. And whom do these actions benefit? The U.S. public? Our allies? Well, besides themselves, these actions can only benefit Muslim extremists with the stated goal to destroy western values and civilization. Well done, lefties. Well done.

If pictures speak a thousand words, then this collage speaks volumes. Through pictures alone it illustrates the mindset of extremists bent on destroying all those who do not subscribe to their brand of religious fanaticism. The futility of the newly reborn 70's—era activism is clearly demonstrated when you juxtapose the useful idiot, otherwise known as Cindy Sheehan, against the backdrop of mentally— and culturally—stunted Muslim extremists. One group is fueled by naïveté, self—loathing, and partisanship; the other by blind hatred, intolerance, and violence.

Unfortunately for the former, achieving peace by holding hands and singing Kumbaya has been historically unattainable. This is especially true in situations where diplomacy breaks down. With modern civilized nations having legitimate governments, diplomacy can be an effective tool for managing international relations. When dealing with terror regimes whose collective mindset is stalled in 7th—century thinking, however, hopes of diplomatically achieving peace are pure fantasy.

Ironically, the naïve, peace—loving leftists—champions of anti—hate speech legislation in the U.S.—give a hall pass to the most prolific and vitriolic purveyors of hate today (both in speech and action): Muslim extremists. Why is that? The answer is unfathomable, yet at the same time remarkably simple.

In the liberal "mind," conservatives are the greatest villains known to man; an even greater threat than are Muslim terrorists. Amazingly, liberals marginalize the threat of terrorism and terror regimes, even when such regimes are publicly preaching hate and spreading contempt for western values to the world media.

This is particularly disturbing when you consider the videotaped images of planes flying into buildings, killing thousands; images distributed over the Internet featuring hooded Muslims barbarically sawing off the heads of innocent abductees in the Mideast; despots shaking their fists and spewing anti—U.S. rhetoric, while defying U.N. mandates to cease nuclear weapons development; these same despots pledging their support to other terror groups that, unprovoked, began shelling their neighbor to the south for no more reason other than their own religious intolerance. Yet despite all this and many more examples, to the liberals the true enemies are the conservatives as well as those proactive in protecting themselves against Muslim attacks.

Like the ostrich, our friends on the liberal left bury their collective heads in the proverbial sand while dusting off the long—buried iconic images of the liberal fathers' misspent youths: peace signs, tie dye, and protest demonstrations. Ironically, their zeal to play "protest hippy" and win their fascist Muslim friends' freedom to cut off the heads of innocents and blow up civilians would, in the end, yield a form of authoritarianism far more imposing than anything their media—fractured minds are capable of imagining. At best, lefties have underestimated the destructive potential of Muslim extremists. At worst, they realize the Muslim potential, but choose to ignore it in favor of advancing their political agenda.

With respect to the Muslim fascists, having a culture steeped in medieval "sensibilities," Muslim fundamentalists apparently are unable to comprehend—or are merely apathetic to—the fruits of their extremism, violence, and intolerance. To their benefit, all that their mindless extremism has yielded is retarded economic development, global ostracism, and intellectual bankruptcy. But still they persist, attempting to lower the bar for the world by forcing their "religion" and intolerance on us. Despite the nearly unending examples of how modern civilization could benefit their culture, still they choose to dwell in the dark ages and attempt to pull the civilized world back down into the Muslim primordial pool.

Every fire set to another nation's flag, every overturned car, every scowling simpleton with upturned fist, and every innocent beheaded serves only to invalidate the culture and religion as legitimate. That is the lesson the Islamic cowards are either unwilling or incapable of learning. It's also the reality the liberals choose to ignore.