We have a serious problem here

The Western world fought the totalitarian threat of communism for 45 years and was ultimately victorious; now the totalitarian threat of Islam once again threatens the freedom of Western values.

These callous cowards seek to silence dissenting voices by waging a war of terror against anyone who dares question their twisted, totalitarian world view. Western values are built on tolerance, it is exactly this tolerance that is allowing intolerance to fester.

We need to acknowledge the unmistakable reality that radical Islam and Western values cannot coexist peacefully. These extremists despise our way of life — our freedom, openness and diversity is an affront to their despotic, backward attitudes.

We must stop pretending these incidents have nothing to do with Islam. They quite clearly have everything to do with extremist Islam and the sooner we admit this truth the better we can work to protect our people and values from this scourge.