John Daniel Davidson continues his RINO-based anti-war agenda

Federalist editor John Daniel Davidson is continuing his efforts to undermine the war against Iranian tyranny, and while his approach may be subtle, the opposition to punishing totalitarian barbarians in his "op-ed" is there:

The American-Israeli war against Iran is now in its fifth week and shows no signs of ending anytime soon. Despite the heavy aerial and naval bombardment of Iran, the regime in Tehran is still intact, Iran retains control over the Strait of Hormuz, and the Iranian military is still capable of launching attacks against U.S. positions in the region.

I think it can be said Iran's control over the straits of Hormuz is a bit exaggerated, since much of their naval fleet's been demolished, but Davidson apparently doesn't want anybody to know that. Obviously, there's still military monsters in Iran who're willing to cause chaos, but what's being told about Hormuz still seems pretty forced.

This list is different from the three-part mission Secretary of War Pete Hegseth laid out in the opening days of the war. On March 2, Hegseth said Operation Epic Fury’s three objectives were to destroy Iran’s offensive missile capabilities, cripple its navy, and prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

Moreover, Rubio’s list makes no mention of other war aims that have been floated by President Trump, such as taking control of Iran’s nuclear materials (which was arguably the casus belli), regime change, or opening the Strait of Hormuz. Regarding the strait, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday night that Trump has told aides that he’s willing to end the war even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, “likely extending Tehran’s firm grip on the waterway and leaving a complex operation to reopen it for a later date.” The reason for Trump’s sudden willingness to compromise, we’re told, is that a mission to reopen the strait would extend the conflict beyond Trump’s four- to six-week timeline.

Somehow, it sounds like Davidson's unconcerned about even mere chemicals remaining in Iran's clutches, nor does he consider any possible pause could be to prepare additional military officials for battling Iran's jihadists. And then, Davidson continues to push propaganda in disfavor of war to defeat an evil entity:

Trump does seem aware that time is not on his side. Domestically, the war is unpopular. A consistent and sizable majority now disapproves of military strikes on Iran, and amid rising gas prices and general anxiety about the economy, Trump’s favorability rating has reached a record low for his second term. The unpopularity of the war will likely increase as time goes by, as will Trump’s disapproval rating.

Escalation in the form of the deployment of U.S. ground forces would deepen the war’s unpopularity. One recent Ipsos poll found 55 percent of Americans would not support the deployment of any ground troops to Iran, and only 7 percent would support a large-scale invasion of the country. Yet such an escalation seems to be in the works. The Pentagon is in the process of sending thousands of American soldiers and Marines to the Middle East in preparation for potentially weeks of ground operations in Iran, according to recent reporting from the Washington Post.

As expected, Mr. Davidson's obscuring previous research on Breitbart, in example, telling that a sizable majority of the USA public supports the war. Also, if this article tells something, Davidson's choice of polling material is as much from leftist Reuters as it is from Ipsos, so it's not hard to guess Davidson's relying too much upon leftist polling in the long run. What good does that do? This bias check page also indicates Ipsos is left-leaning. If Davidson's not willing to offer an analysis of what sites like Breitbart provide, then he's definitely not in favor of defeating Iran's jihadist tyrants at all. Besides, to win a war, you can't always rely on time limits in which to get the job done. I also notice Davidson fails to say whether he believes realists who care should call for stopping Islamic indoctrination. One more clue to why his whole "op-ed" is a joke.

The White House therefore appears, at times anyway, to be operating under the assumption that the only way to deescalate the conflict at this point is to escalate, hoping to find a point at which the pain inflicted on the Iranians is sufficient to compel them to accept a negotiated settlement and acquiesce to U.S. demands.

That might work, but even if it does it will take time, and Trump and the GOP will pay a heavy political price domestically for it, both in the midterms and in 2028. It also might plunge the U.S. into a Vietnam-like quagmire, unable to win decisively or to extricate itself from the war. [...]

The stark truth is that the president has no good options, and the best course of action at this point might be to leverage the apparent malleability of declared U.S. war aims to assert that they have in fact been achieved, while reserving the right to attack again if Tehran pursues a nuclear weapon or continues to target U.S. bases or allies in the region.

Sorry, but we shouldn't have to wait until Iran's tyrannical overlords once again try to pursue nuclear materials in order to attack them. And we also can't ignore the Religion of Peace's influence in this whole horror story. What needs to be done is preemptively strike against evil weapons being stored in secrecy, which is exactly how Iran's Islamic overlords will resume manufacturization if they're given the chance. And if Trump feels a ground operation is required to confiscate and destroy any chemical weapons in Iran that could still one day be used for causing mass deaths, then that's why the USA military must perform a ground operation if that's what it takes to take control of whatever obscene weapons Iran's dictators still possess.

Garbage like this is exactly why I've become hugely disillusioned and disappointed with the Federalist, as I've realized they're not really the "patriots" they must claim to be. Unless perhaps they replace him as editor, and find some writers who make a sad but necessary point that freedom isn't free, and that there's times where it's inevitable that sacrifices must be made, with the most important part being whether a call for improvement in education, religious or otherwise, can be made if you want to reduce the risks that're bound to occur in the future if the Religion of Peace is allowed to continue dominating anywhere. And Davidson's not doing anything like that. A real shame and disgrace he is.

Israel's Knesset approves use of death penalty for jihadists

After many years of failure to take more serious measures for punishing murderous crimes, the Israeli Knesset has finally approved a law enabling the death penalty for jihadists:

The Knesset plenum finally approved this evening (Monday), in second and third reading, the bill allowing for the death penalty for terrorists.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voted in favor of the law, along with MKs from the Yisrael Beyteinu faction. On the other hand, MK Benny Gantz, along with members of the Degel Hatorah faction, chose to vote against it. Noam Chairman MK Avi Maoz was not present.

During the preliminary discussion, the chairman of the National Security Committee, MK Zvika Fogel, presented the law as an essential tool in the current war. "The State of Israel is facing unparalleled evil and hatred," said Fogel.

"Our enemies do not seek a border, a compromise or a shared future, but to destroy, harm, sow fear here and undermine our very existence here," continued Fogel. "Faced with such a reality, our responsibility is clear - to protect the citizens of Israel. Not with words or hopes, but with deeds. This law is not a law of revenge or rage, but of the responsibility of a state towards its citizens, of leadership towards human life."

I do find it disturbing though perhaps unshocking that some members of a Haredi party like Degel HaTorah wouldn't vote for this bill. And if Maoz didn't either, is that also concerning?

Some European governments unshockingly condemned this bill passage, but the USA's thankfully refrained:

The United States refrained from condemning the Death Penalty for Terrorists Bill, which was approved in the Knesset on Monday.

“The United States respects Israel’s sovereign right to determine its own laws and penalties for individuals convicted of terrorism," said a State Department spokesperson in a statement.

“We trust that any such measures will be carried out with a fair trial and respect for all applicable fair trial guarantees and protections," the spokesperson added. [...]

Last week, the European Union (EU) criticized the Israeli government for advancing the bill, saying it “is deeply concerning" and adding that the EU “opposes capital punishment in all cases and under all circumstances."

In response, Israel’s Foreign Ministry noted that the EU is intervening in a sovereign country’s legislative process.

“Israel, as a sovereign state, legislates its own laws. Unbelievably, the European Union is intervening in the midst of a sovereign state’s legislative process," the ministry said.

“Israel is facing murderous and brutal terrorism on a scale unmatched anywhere in the world. Palestinian terrorism is fueled by payments from the Palestinian Authority, as well as by abductions that lead to shortened prison terms for terrorists," it continued.

The statement noted that “Israeli law already permits capital punishment, and under the proposed new law, discretion over its application will remain with the courts."

“EU double standards: as always, the EU obsessively singles out Israel - we haven’t seen a tweet like this when it comes to capital punishment in the United States, Japan, India, Egypt, or other countries," the Foreign Ministry concluded.

But sooner or later, the EU will turn against, say, Armenia if they take similar measures for combatting terrorism. That aside, what the EU is doing is exactly what's led to the horror stories in Europe when it comes to Islamic jihadism. Sooner or later, any European country or movement that understands reality will have to consider parting ways with the EU if that's what it takes to making it possible to improve the situation.

Chemical weapons center in Iran destroyed

The IDF destroyed one of the most dangerous form of weapons factories Iran was running:

In recent days, one of the IRGC’s central military infrastructure sites was recently struck, located within the compound of Imam Hossein University - the IRGC’s primary military academic institution, which also serves as an emergency asset for the regime’s military bodies.

Under civilian cover, research and development for advanced weaponry were conducted within the university.

Due to its direct affiliation with the IRGC and its involvement in advancing terrorist activity, several countries have imposed sanctions on the university and its senior officials. The university is commanded by Mohammad Reza Hassani Shahnegari, a senior IRGC officer holding a rank equivalent to Brigadier General. [...]

The IDF also destroyed the chemistry center of Imam Hossein University, used by the regime for research and development of chemical weapons; as well as the technology and engineering center of the mechanics and development group. The technology center was a key complex used by the regime for the development of ballistic missiles and additional weapons

This was a most vital step to take, and rid the world of some of the most dangerous manufacturing Iran's mullahs were working on.

Update: in a similar story, the USA military destroyed some camoflaged Iranian ships that were concealing missiles:

Iranian plans to hide cruise and ballistic missiles, and marine raiding parties aboard warships disguised as oil tankers or container ships to raid commerce well away from its own waters has been disrupted by U.S. strikes, a report states.

Gulf allies have been briefed by American and Israeli officers on the operation to wipe out Iran’s force of “adapted and disguised” container and oil tanker ships as part of Operation Epic fury, hearing how U.S. strikes “destroyed five Iranian warships that were disguised as container vessels”, a report in The Times of London states.

While the destruction of most of the ships named in this alleged briefing was already in the public domain — the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has been active in briefing on its campaign of destruction against now hundreds of Iranian warships of all sizes — this may be the first time a specific mission to take out Iran’s grey fleet of converted civilian ships as a priority has been publicly spoken of.

It is stated the allies played to their own strengths in the “secret operation”, with CENTCOM taking the lead on destroying the ships while Israel concentrated on assassinating Iran’s maritime leadership and naval officers.

Good work.

USA military should definitely seize Iran's concealed uranium sites and Kharg island

The USA military is preparing for a special massive "final blow" against Iran, which includes seizing special assets like Kharg island:

President Donald Trump’s Pentagon is developing military options for what officials describe as a potentially “massive” final blow against Iran — including seizing strategic islands in the Strait of Hormuz, blockading Iranian oil exports, and securing Tehran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium — as the administration weighs sending 10,000 additional combat troops to the Middle East if diplomacy collapses and the vital waterway remains restricted.

Axios first reported Thursday that the Pentagon is drawing up the escalation options as the White House weighs how to conclude the war if negotiations fail, particularly if Iran continues to impede the free flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy corridor.

The outlet reported that several core options are under discussion, including seizing or blockading Kharg Island, Iran’s primary oil export hub; targeting Larak Island, which plays a central role in monitoring and threatening maritime traffic through the strait; and seizing Abu Musa along with the Greater and Lesser Tunb islands — Iranian-held outposts near the western entrance to the waterway equipped with missile, drone, and mine-laying capabilities.

U.S. planners have also prepared options for ground operations inside Iran aimed at securing the regime’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, alongside alternative plans for large-scale strikes to neutralize those capabilities.

The planning comes as the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday the Pentagon is weighing sending up to 10,000 additional combat ground troops to the Middle East — including infantry and armored units — adding to forces already deploying to the region, including Marine expeditionary units and elements of the 82nd Airborne Division. [...]

CNN reported that one of the central options under review is Kharg Island, which handles roughly 90 percent of Iran’s crude exports, with some officials arguing that seizing or neutralizing the island could “totally bankrupt” the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and sharply constrain its revenue stream.

The report added that officials have also discussed authorizing strikes to disable the island’s oil infrastructure, as well as seizing other strategically positioned islands near the Strait of Hormuz to ultimately neutralize Tehran’s ability to threaten tanker traffic moving through the strategic corridor.

A follow-up Axios report Thursday further detailed the strategic role of those islands, noting that Kharg serves as Iran’s primary export terminal, while Larak sits near the narrowest point of the strait and hosts military infrastructure used to track and pressure shipping.

And this is why, if a ground operation is shaping up, the mission has to be done if that's what it takes to put an end to Iran's tyranny. We can only hope this news will convince people to recognize that.

Europe has at least a thousand no-go zones crafted by Islamization

According to a new report by a European think tank:

There are up to a thousand “no-go zones” across Europe and thousands more “sensitive” neighbourhoods as a result of decades of mass migration policies and the failures of multiculturalism to integrate disparate groups of foreigners into Western society, a report has found.

The report, “No-Go Zones, Immigration and the Rise of Parallel Societies,” from the conservative New Direction Foundation for European Reform think tank, estimated that there are between 900 and 1,000 urban areas that could be deemed as “no-go zones”, in which there are elevated levels of crime, social fragmentation, and weakened state authority.

Authored by Maxime Hemery-Aymar, of France’s Observatory of Immigration and Demography (OID), it directly linked the mass migration and open borders agendas to high-crime areas, the breakdown of social norms, and even the fostering of Islamist terrorism.

Indeed, the think tank found that 63 per cent of Islamist terror attacks in Europe between 2010 and 2025 had a “verified link” to an identified no-go zone.

“So-called ‘sensitive neighbourhoods’ in Europe remain fertile grounds where such vulnerabilities can be exploited: community withdrawal, perceived exclusion, and petty crime create a conducive context that jihadist recruiters know how to leverage,” the report stated.

As noted at the end, the time to take action to prevent future horrors stemming from these no-go zones is now. And we have to hope even the USA public is willing to be altruistic, and not let people like Tucker Carlson and John Daniel Davidson influence them negatively.

Update: Allen West also notes in a related point that:

West said, “Domestically, they are beholden. They’re being held hostage to Islamic jihadism. Especially in the United Kingdom and especially in France.”

And the no-go zones are just the beginning.

The raid on Iran was necessary to prevent a nuclear version of 9-11

Bob Kiffney, a former intel specialist, makes an important case for why the USA/Israel needed to attack Iran and stop its nuclear building:

On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered in the deadliest terrorist attack in our nation’s history. The World Trade Center towers collapsed in Lower Manhattan, the Pentagon was breached, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, became a graveyard for heroes who prevented even greater loss. The economic toll exceeded $100 billion. The psychological wound reshaped American life for a generation.

Now imagine those same three targets struck not by hijacked airliners but by nuclear devices.

Many hundreds of thousands—potentially upward of 800,000 in Manhattan alone—would die instantly in fireballs and blast waves. Hundreds of thousands more would suffer horrific burns and radiation poisoning. Firestorms would rage across dense urban cores. The financial heart of the free world would be paralyzed, the seat of American government devastated, and fallout would render swaths of our most populous regions uninhabitable for years. Trillions in economic damage, mass evacuations, overwhelmed hospitals, and a body count dwarfing 9/11 by orders of magnitude would follow.

That is not science fiction. That was the imminent risk a nuclear-armed Iran posed until the United States and Israel launched decisive military action on Feb. 28.

The ongoing war against the Islamic Republic is not the beginning of a conflict. It is the necessary end to one that has raged for 47 years.

He's absolutely correct. Have any of the RINOs opposing war against Iran's autocracy ever considered that? Let's be clear. If ground invasions are needed to put an end to any further horrors in the making, that's what must be done, and it's to be hoped the USA public understands that at this point, and will back the Trump administration on any decision they make in that context.

All these horrors could've been prevented long ago if anybody who actually cared had shown the courage to do so. Yet all these years, in one of the worst examples of history showing we don't learn lessons from the past, the cancer was allowed to metastisize, and regardless of the current situation and outcome, a horrific mess was left that will take ages to clean up. It's very fortunate the USA and Israeli militaries took up what missions they have so far, because sooner or later, wars to stop evil entities are entirely inevitable.

Update: Clifford May has an important related op-ed here.

Utah is doomed by dhimmitude

Robert Spencer's written about how Utah's selling out to woke ideologies, with Islam being one of the latest they're succumbing to:

Mormons once had a reputation for being conservative, but those days are gone forever. Salt Lake City is so woke that it even adopted the pride flag as an official city flag in order to circumvent a ban on flying anything but the official national flag, the state flag, city flags and a few others on municipal property.

And so it was inevitable that Erin Mendenhall, the same far, far-left mayor who spearheaded the continued official display of the pride flag, would also engage in some of the most flagrant Islamopandering we have seen up to now anywhere in the United States. Islamopandering is all the rage these days and is happening all over the country; Mendenhall is by no means unique, but she offers a particularly egregious example of how foolish this really is.

She happily dons a hijab, oblivious to the untold numbers of women who have been threatened, brutalized, and even killed for not wearing it. Back on Sept. 16, 2022, in Tehran, the Iranian morality police arrested Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, for not wearing her hijab properly. Amini later died in a hospital in Tehran, and numerous Iranians charged that she had been tortured to death while in custody. All over the country, protesters took to the streets to protest not against the hijab laws, but against the repressive and brutal Islamic Republic itself. [...]

And so on and drearily on, as Erin Mendenhall remains blissfully oblivious, and thinks that donning a hijab to try to attract Muslim votes in Salt Lake City is perfectly in harmony with her feminist principles. Lost in all this fantasy, she praises “the values of faith and kindness that Ramadan brings to our community,” giving the impression to those ignorant of their own culture (and they are legion) that Islam teaches faith and kindness in a way that Judaism and Christianity (and Mormonism) do not, and that faith and kindness didn’t exist in the West before Islam came along. She also ignores the real meaning of Ramadan, and why there is always more jihad violence during it.

This says all you need to know what's going wrong in Utah, and this is obviously just for starters. There's also the disturbing case of New Jersey's governor doing the same as she paid a solidarity visit to a cleric accused of Hamas ties:

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill attended a Ramadan event at a Paterson mosque led by an Imam who fought deportation for years over alleged ties to Hamas.

Sherrill posted photos of her visit to the Islamic Center of Passaic County on social media, wearing a hijab and taking selfies. In one image, she is seen speaking with the mosque’s longtime leader, Imam Mohammad Qatanani.

"Thank you to the Islamic Center of Passaic County for welcoming me to join their celebration as the holy month of Ramadan comes to a close," she wrote. "I wish our Muslim neighbors a safe, joyous, and peaceful Eid al-Fitr."

Qatanani, a Palestinian-born cleric, has been at the center of a decades-long immigration battle after federal authorities sought to deport him, citing alleged ties to Hamas and claims he failed to disclose a prior detention in Israel. He has denied those allegations, saying he was detained but never convicted.

Worst, a federal judge, quite possibly also a Democrat, blocked his deportation and this is one of the biggest problems with the criminal justice system in the USA now. NJ's governor is another woman, no matter her ethnicity, who's a disgrace for both wearing the hijab and making it look as though she believes being a woman is shameful, and then she makes things worse by siding with a monster.

And as for Mendenhall, what's she trying to do? Use a protected class pandering position in order to bring back polygamy, which the Mormon movement once upheld but mostly abandoned by the end of the 19th century? When somebody embraces a barbaric religion for the sake of that, it's clear something's horribly wrong. These are just a few examples of women who clearly lack self-respect, and must believe being born female is abominable. Somehow, it's also no surprise women who could embrace LGBT ideology would also be willing to later abandon even that if the Religion of Peace so demands.

The dangers faced by lady soccer players from Iran

Some terrible facts about why some Iranian lady soccer players forfeited a chance for asylum overseas:

For most international athletes, the biggest concern is losing the game. For Iranian women, the real fear is losing your life. That’s how dangerous the situation has become for a group of national soccer players, whose story at Australia’s Asia Cup quickly became the very human face of the regime at war with America. Torn by the chance to run from the cruelty of their homeland, but knowing their families could die for it, all but two girls made the ultimate sacrifice — turning their backs on a chance for freedom to embrace a fate even they know is uncertain.

For the last two weeks, the world has been riveted by the international soccer tournament Down Under for one reason: the hijab-wearing team from Iran. Days after bombs started raining down on their homeland, the players stood a half a world away on the turf in defiant silence as their national anthem played. Their quiet protest sent a powerful message on the global stage, but it also put them in the crosshairs of a murderous regime that spent the last several months slaughtering thousands of its own for less brazen acts.

Despite their hero status in Australia, the women were labeled “wartime traitors” by Iranian state media — a not-so-subtle ultimatum that led the team to sing the anthem for the rest of the tournament. But instead of boarding a plane for Tehran after their three straight losses, the women lingered for days at their stopover in Malaysia, alarmed about what awaited them when they touched down.

Awed by their courage, several world leaders weighed in, including President Donald Trump, warning the girls not to go home. Forcing them to go back to Iran could be a death sentence, he insisted. “Don’t do it, Mr. Prime Minister,” he urged Australia’s Anthony Albanese, “give ASYLUM. The U.S. will take them if you won’t.”

Albanese was already on it, promising anyone in the Iranian women’s delegation a chance at a new life with humanitarian visas. Seven accepted. Within 48 hours, five changed their minds, including the team’s captain. The players were “given repeated chances to talk about their options” but ultimately faced “incredibly difficult decisions,” Australia Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced last Saturday. Tina Kordrostami, a councilor for the Australian City of Ryde, explained that it was an “upsetting update,” but confirmed that “they are heavily intimidated and being communicated to directly by the regime.”

“I know families have even been detained,” Kordrostami said somberly. “I know family members are missing.” And one thing she wants people in the West to understand is that “Iranians within the country have in many ways given up on the West, and they are only relying on one another to survive this regime. So, when we do offer them a way out, it’s not often that easy for them to understand that it is, in fact, a way out.” She paused before adding, “We are very worried about them. We know for a fact that they will not be safe. I’ve mentioned this before. When you do break a contract as an athlete in Iran, you can face the death penalty. So, I know these women are young. I know that they are making an incredibly difficult decision, and I have the utmost respect for them.”

“Coercion is being used here, intimidation tactics,” Kordrostami stressed. “And we even had an individual amongst the girls within Sydney and Brisbane who was influencing them constantly in their ear, letting them know that whatever Australia is offering them, it will not work.” Asked if the players are being threatened, she answered unequivocally, “I don’t think that, I know that.”

I suspect part of the problem is that Australia's leftists allow coercers and other agents to dwell in the country, but that's a rather moot point. It's practically why the war against Iran has to be carried out and won, and the IRGC must be destroyed along with other dark enforcement systems they have.

Florida university had a very sad case of bad "Republicans" siding with Islamofascists

In the past week or so, the University of Florida had a most humiliating scandal, one that probably won't get coverage even in right-leaning news sources, concerning a College Republicans chapter that was disbanded for antisemitic positions, and it's even more chilling that some might think:

Another group for young Republicans is in hot water over revelations that its members have engaged in antisemitic activity.

The University of Florida disbanded its College Republicans chapter over the weekend following social media posts in which two members reportedly made Nazi salutes, among other actions. In response, the group sued the university, accusing administrators of violating its First Amendment rights. [...]

In a statement explaining its move to disband the group, UF said members of the College Republicans “engaged in a pattern of conduct that violated its rules and values, including a recent antisemitic gesture." Photos posted online by pro-Israel activists appeared to show members of the chapter flashing Nazi salutes, as well as posing with antisemitic influencers Nick Fuentes and Myron Gaines. Other reports of the leaked material describe group chats stating that Hitler “didn’t do enough."

The UF statement continued, “The University of Florida has emphatically supported its Jewish community and remains committed to preventing and addressing antisemitism and other forms of discrimination and harassment that are threatening and disruptive to our students and to the teaching, research and expressive activities of the campus community."

UF College Republicans had recently hosted James Fishback, a GOP gubernatorial candidate in the state who has embraced popular online antisemitic slang on the campaign trail. In its lawsuit and on X, the College Republicans group suggested the two events were linked.

[...] Fishback himself criticized the university for disbanding the group, likening it to the school’s decision to disband a pro-Palestinian group in the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks.

“It is disgraceful for Florida’s taxpayer-funded universities to punish student groups for their protected speech," he wrote. “In 2023, it was Students for Justice in Palestine. Today, it’s College Republicans."

And then we wonder why any alleged conservatives in the USA as of today may not support efforts to bring down Iran. Without a doubt, these specific students are another product of the Tucker Carlson-influenced mindset, one that's undoubtably selling out to Islam even now. What can be done to mend the damage? It'll take ages, no doubt.