That submission of yours took guts.

The worst problem that the libertarian coalition has always had, is enemy identification. The prevailing theory seems to be that the only enemies worth worrying about, are enemies within--and that the only enemies we have outside the country, are enemies we made. And that we can unmake them just by pulling ourselves in and becoming Fortress America, with maybe some licensed pirates (privateers, as in letters of marque and reprisal) to handle any power projection that any of our merchants might be willing to privately contract for.

That kind of Kum-Bah-Yah stuff is going to get us all killed.

Why is this relevant to the case of in re Rifqa Bary? Because the enemy from without that I speak of is Islam.

If I had the credentials of a lawyer, I'd be filing an amicus brief right now, introducing into evidence key passages from the Koran that practically order Rifqa's father to kill her in order to preserve the family honor. And I would cite a number of honor-killing cases that we have had right here in this country.

The same whacked-out ideology that prompted nineteen men to fly airplanes into buildings (or try to; one crew didn't make it, remember?), also tells Mr. Bary to kill his daughter for leaving the faith.

And by the way, to any Muslims who might be reading this: I eat pork chops for dinner!