Most Elusive Quality

Yesterday this blog dealt with hype about the gallantry some supposedly needed to muster to attend a Batman screening. Today, an actual brand of bravery is discussed that sadly has become all too rare, particularly in America's political class. Three Dutch nationals demonstrated this courage in spades, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Geert Wilders, and Theo van Gogh, all had the guts to speak truth to the violent and intolerant aspects of Islam and van Gogh paid for his boldness with his life. Michele Bachmann and four other national security-conscious GOP members of the US House of Representatives had the temerity to warn of the grave danger of Muslim Brotherhood and jihadi infiltration at high levels of our government and in our military ranks and these five are widely pilloried for speaking out even by their own Republican Party establishment. I would rather have a Congress entirely composed of Bachmanns than politically-correct McCains of Boehners. These so-called GOP leaders that would condemn their colleagues who are actually attempting to guard our country are politicians of a stripe so unctuous as to leave in doubt the preservation of liberty in this nation.