[Oriana Fallaci is an Italian atheist author who is the object of a fatwa which seeks to kill her. But cancer may take her life first. At 75, her voice is still strong.]

Atlas Shrugs: Fallaci!

Fallaci claims to be neither left nor right. She despises the left for the obvious reasons and holds the right in contempt for being weak. For not taking a hard stand and making the tough choices.

"Don't believe in a dialog with Is|am. That's a naivete. It can only be a monologue. They do not believe in pluralism. There is no such thing as a "moderate Is|am" and a Radical Is|am. There is only one Is|am."

I too believe this as much as it pains me to say it. I would like nothing better to believe that there is a side we can do business with, talk to. But that is self deluding.

Fallaci:"The real enemy is Is|am and the most catastrophic threat is immigration not terror. It is immigration. And they do not integrate in Europe. Maybe in the USA but not in Europe. Those riots in France are a result of that very thing".

The Chinese, Vietnamese etc immigrants are not rioting and tearing down the very fabric of society.

They [The Is|amists] are very patient. And Clever.

This war needs boldness.

"WAKE UP WAKE UP. WE ARE AT WAR. WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED ON THE WEST AND WE MUST FIGHT. One or the other must perish."

and so she has spoken. And while it was painfully clear she was preaching to the converted, it was also painful that the choir was so small.