I don't usually have time to do a lot of reading, so when I do, it's a bit of a treat for me.  And when the book in question is very moving or an important book, that's a very rare treat indeed.  It's in that spirit that I want to recommend a couple books.  They're both a couple years old or so, but, hey, like I said, I don't often get a chance to do a lot of reading.

 

I just finished reading Imperial Grunts, by Robert Kaplan.  Read this book if you want to know what the United States is doing all over the world to combat terrorism.  It's an amazing story, and it will make you proud.  I understand that this is just the first of a series; I can't wait for the next installment.

 

I'm now almost all the way through reading Brigitte Gabriel's book, Because They Hate.  It starts out as a very moving story of her life in Southern Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War.  As a father, it's hard to imagine a 10 year old girl going through what she went through at the hands of Islamic terrorists, and what she had to endure for seven years.  As moving as the first part of the book is, the second part is a warning.  At the risk of over statement, this small volume is the Witness of our time, and she is our Whittaker Chambers.  Read this book to really understand the threat of Islamic terrorism right here at home. 

 

In the opening part of her book, Gabriel describes Lebanon as an open minded, tolerant country, eager to welcome people from outside into their country, right up until it destroyed them.  There's a lesson in there for us. 

 

It's been a long time since I've posted on this blog.  Life gets in the way sometimes, but these are serious times, and I believe it's time to take up keyboard in hand again.