Buckley asks some tough questions

"Two challenges are posed. The first is relatively manageable: Lower the flag on American universalism—not to half mast, but not as toplofty as it has been flying since the end of the Second World War. The second is tougher. Why is Islam burning bright? What on earth do they have that we don't get from Christ our King? If what they want is a religious war, are we disposed to fight it?"