New Review: Endgame

The following is a brief excerpt from a review posted on PopandPolitics.com:

The War on Terror is not an easy subject to write on. First, it is hard to even begin talking about it because there is no absolute truth about it. Abortion kills fetuses. That is an absolute truth. The question then becomes whether or not killing fetuses is something we should allow or not allow, and then the conversation moves on from there. With the War on Terror, there is no absolute truth. Some people don’t even believe there is one going on, that it’s merely a catch phrase. It’s like having a conversation with somebody who doesn’t believe the Holocaust ever happened; you just can’t even begin the discourse.

“Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror,” by Lt. General Thomas McInerney & Maj. General Paul Vallely is not for everyone and there’s no way it can be. When I review books, I try to steer clear of the really bad polemics (barring Michael Savage and Ann Coulter, which I read for laughs). I try to tackle only the books which appear to be the most evenhanded. Though “Endgame” is written soberly and without that crazy alarmist slant that makes it seem like jihadis are beating down our very door, it was clearly written with a certain audience in mind: the Fox News audience.

This book will not win over any new converts. Before reading it you must first already believe that we are in a war against radical Muslim fundamentalist terrorists. That may seem rather obvious, but it does need to be stated out loud. If you are of the opinion that the only reason there is Muslim terrorism is because of the existence of Israel or bad behavior on the part of the US, then there’s no point in reading this book. The authors are former US military men and current Fox News military analysts, so the fact that there’s a heavy US-favored slant goes without saying. Read more