Read this book; benefit from the huge amount of information, erudition, and insight. I mean no insult to the author when I advise the reader to keep the author's agenda in mind at all times. The author is completely open and honest about his agenda. He wants to promote Judaism and Israel. He wants to defend both against the very real threat from Islam. He wants an army, no, an Empire, of Christians bred and recruited to help fight and pay for this worthy project. Worthy project though it might be, whether I want to see my posterity bred and recruited to accomplish it is a separate question. Keep it in mind as you read the book. Many who agree with the author identify themselves as Neoconservatives.
The author identifies a very real problem: as societies become more prosperous and educated, their fertility declines. Europeans, Japanese, Chinese, and Muslim countries are all in the midst of a die-off. There is no nice way to put it. Paul Ehrlich was wrong; there is no population bomb. There IS a depopulation bomb. It is destroying all societies except the religious. American Evangelicals, American Orthodox Jews, and Israeli Jews are among the few populations having enough children to replace themselves. Most of the rest are at well below replacement rate. The Baltics, Ukrainians, and other minor countries of Europe will become extinct in the foreseeable future. The Muslims, too, are dying off, contrary to Yasser Arafat's boast that the womb of the Muslim woman was his greatest weapon. So, why the threat from Islam? Isn't it dying off as fast as Europe? Yes, BUT... Islam, according to the author, will become a wounded beast, lashing out when it foresees its own extinction. Iran wants to take Israel down with it, now that educated Iranian women are having one or at most two children each. That's where the Christians come in. With lots of kids and a theology friendly to Israel, for many reasons the author reviews in detail, American Christians should contain Iran. If necessary, we must remove it as a threat to Israel. Of course, a few paragraphs must oversimplify shamelessly.
One might ask why Israel cannot defend itself against Iran, a country that cannot even produce its own gasoline. Israel has hundreds, if not thousands of nuclear weapons and the most modern missiles and planes to deliver them virtually anywhere. The Israeli government considers the existence of its nuclear force a state secret; American politicians seem to consider themselves subject to Israel's state secrets law and refuse to speak on the subject. The one exception: Ron Paul. Full disclosure: I have been a fervent supporter of Ron Paul and his intellectual mentors (von Mises and Rothbard) for decades. I believe the best gift we Americans could give Israel is to leave her alone. If Israel is threatened and must go to war, let her do so. Israel does not need America to take out Iran, or the entire Islamic world if it comes to that. Israel can defend herself more efficiently than we can perform that function for her. Of course, as Ron Paul notes, Americans should adopt the same policy toward every other foreign country. There is no reason for us to defend Europe and Japan from a Soviet Union that we defeated over twenty years ago. China seems more interested in growing its economy than in taking over Taiwan, its top military priority. South Korea is modern and prosperous; North Korea is starving. If you have taken a math or science class with South Koreans you HAVE to believe they could construct nuclear weapons any time, if they have not been doing so for a long time.
Then, of course, there is our economy, nearly bled white by our wars and our bloated military-industrial complex. Many Americans appear to love their country because it can kick ass; wars are an armed football game. Winning is the only thing and all that. Go team!
One can wish Israel well, as I do. One can hope she finds a way to become a more normal country, with peaceful borders and a strong economy. One can wish her a happy, healthy, and growing population. One can wish all these things without volunteering our country to smite Israel's enemies.
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- Anthony MReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 27, 2016
A geopolitical gold mine - not to be missed!
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- beau lootsReviewed in Australia on November 11, 2015
Civilizational death is a complex subject and those engaged in such a decline and death seem to be the least aware of it.
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