"This, also, is one of the steps that leads to Americanism." ~ Ernst Jünger, on seeing the effects of civilian bombing in Cologne in 1942 – Strahlungen (Heliopolis, 1949, p. 155) "We have sustained an unmitigated defeat." This statement, made by Winston Churchill with reference to the effects on Britain of the Munich Conference of 1938, applies equally well to the situation of Catholics with respect to the current conflict in Iraq. For we, too, have sustained an unmitigated defeat through the application of the principles responsible for this "war of liberation," the full consequences of which the very near … Continue reading The ‘War of Liberation’: An Unmitigated Catholic Defeat