EU Dhimmitude

The European Union are twisting themselves into a pretzel trying to appease terrorists:

Let no one say the European Union is soft on the war on terror. Its latest weapon is a "non-emotive lexicon . . . to avoid linking Islam and terrorism." Impossible, you say? Well, if anyone can talk about the slaughter of innocents without emotion while obscuring the killers' motives, it would be the sages in Brussels.

The idea of drawing up politically correct guidelines for official EU parlance as part of the counter-terrorism strategy was endorsed by member governments in December. A work still in progress, the lexicon will likely be presented next month for ministerial approval.

And so, "Islamic terrorists" could soon become "those who have an abusive interpretation of Islam," European Commission spokesman Friso Roscam Abbing told us. The word "jihad" might be banned too. That's because it "can also mean the internal struggle to become a better man," the spokesman explained. We're fairly sure that's not what Osama bin Laden means by the word.

The EU's verbal acrobatics are intended to fight the radicalization of Muslims in Europe by avoiding words that could unnecessarily offend. "We want to take away any possible motivation or justification for people who are on the brink of becoming terrorists," Mr. Roscam Abbing said.

Let's see if we understand. Calling an Islamic terrorist an Islamic terrorist produces another Islamic terrorist?

When is a terrorist not a terrorist? When the EU bureaucracy gets to gether and decides that terrorists are "those who have an abusive interpretation of Islam."

Two EU nations have had terrorist attacks against them killing many civilians. France, Holland and Germany are all having trouble with Muslim immigrants. In that light, don't you think the EU's time would be better spent denouncing terrorism and those who perpetrate it?

One would think.