“The Enemy At Home,” by Dinesh D’Souza

Dinesh D’Souza’s book, “The Enemy at Home,” emphasizes a tempestuous cultural civil war in America, unleashing harsh, and innovative judgment on the left’s well-intentioned, but dangerously misguided ideals and attitudes about the war on terror and their inherent blame for the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

In simple articulacy, the book weaves political de facto and history with the anti-traditional rhetoric of the American left that Muslim nations fear threatens their sacred way of life, and therefore, seek ways to overpower the danger.

D’Souza defines two key conflicts that exist within the frame of the current war. The first is that of traditional Islam versus radical Islam; the second is the left’s war against President Bush’s red America. Eerie references cite the words of prominent liberal figures mimicked almost precisely by key leaders in the Islamic fundamentalist segment. The ironic examples support D’Souza’s critical observation that the left is aligned with Islamic fundamentalists on foreign policy, while the right is aligned with them on social issues. He claims that neither side wants to admit to this reality.

He cites the left’s moral depravity and progressive sovereignty as a magnifier of corrupt priorities that sicken the traditional world; thus, a “fear that freedom in the West means moral corruption and liberals are the ones who are proving them right.” Furthermore, he quips that the left’s relentless campaigns against the Bush administration’s foreign policy decisions, weakens America’s overall vitality and slows the ultimate goal of securing individually unique democracies globally and defeating the rapid spread of terrorism.

D’Souza exposes a liberal agenda intent on Westernizing the world, exemplifying with the left’s obsession with women’s rights, declaring that women’s liberation in America is“decadence” that the cultural left assumes is good and hopes to impose.”

He says one reason so many moderate Muslims stay silent is because, though they disagree with the violence, radical Muslims do as much in the name of Islam and represent many revered traditional values in their plight. These deeply religious people find American disregard of spiritual principles, most obviously exemplified with our “separation of church and state,” which traditional cultures find “weird.” He says, “The US is viewed as establishing and official posture of state hostility to religion.”

D’Souza writes, “What traditional cultures and specifically Muslims consider deviant and disgusting, many liberals consider progressive and liberating.” Whereas, the cultural left stands for an abundance of sexual freedom and disregard for religion in public life, these faith-based countries are appalled and fear America’s immoral irresponsibility will desecrate the very foundations of their way of life.

Traditional Muslims usually disagree with Osama bin Laden’s choices but have a hard time criticizing. According to D’Souza, bin Laden is a very wealthy individual who has chosen to give up all material possessions and normal life to take refuge in a cave, claiming it all in the name of Islam. D’Souza says bin Laden and others aren’t so much terrorists as “religious ideologue[s] who chose terrorism to accomplish [their] goals.” He argues that the cultural left’s promotion of secular values prompts radicals to defend an assault on their core belief systems. “Bin Laden seeks to stop the war on terror and the left too consistently demeans our foreign policy efforts, without solid reason, other ideas, or consideration of potential consequences.”

D’Souza’s conclusions are supported by researched convictions that consistently represent his underlying theme: the war on terror really a war for the spirits and cooperation of traditional Muslims. His unwavering accusation of the cultural left’s fault for 9/11 and other coming atrocities is one to consider when casting your blame and your hope.