The underwear bomber shows that the Emperor has no clothes

On Christmas Day, a Muslim fanatic attempted to butcher hundreds of Christians (dead Jews would've been a bonus). Our response? Have airport security analyze the contents of grandma's mini-bottle of shampoo -- we don't want to "discriminate."

With our lies, self-deception and self-flagellation, we're terror's little helpers.

These are the words of Ralph Peters, NY Post columnist. Until recently, he decried just such declarations about terrorism and Islam.

Apparently, even he has woken up.

We proclaim that the terrorists "don't represent Islam." OK, whom do they represent? The Franciscans? We don't get to decide what's Islam and what isn't. Muslims do. And far too many of them approve of violent jihad. ...

We voluntarily tie ourselves down, while our enemies focus on mobility. Worse, we've convinced ourselves that development aid (the left's all-purpose medicine) is the key to defeating al Qaeda.

That's utter nonsense. Abdulmutallab's a rich kid. He didn't come from a deprived background, bearing the grievances of the slum. He's a graduate of a top English university. And Osama bin Laden's from a super-rich family. How does building a footbridge in Afghanistan deter them?

The big question: When will our government wake up?

NEVER. That's when.

To wake up would be to disclaim the central tenet of their Liberal faith: non-discriminationism. And they will never, never, ever give that up -- even, as is becoming so abundantly clear, at the point of a gun. They would rather die than give up that faith.

And Muslim terrorists seem more than willing to oblige them.

Update: Rick Darby makes the same points in Fruit of the Boom. Hilarious stuff.