Digby: Lead, Follow Or Get Out Of The Way

I know this has made the rounds of the blogosphere already, but I can't let it pass.We have got a lot of problems in this world. Islamic extremism is one of them, but despite what the right insists, it is not the equivalent of the martians in "War of the Worlds" landing and killing everything in sight. They are people and they can be dealt with as the world has dealt with crazy tribal, religious and ideological challenges since time began.