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Yesterday Daniel Pipes spoke at an event presented by Pepperdine University's School of Public Policy.
A few quotes (from my handwritten notes - not expected to be verbatim):
Our goal must be nothing other than the modernizing of Islam. No other enemy is as far reaching [as that of the radical Islamists] - that was the message of 9-11. We must overhaul the Muslim world as we did Germany and Russia - we changed them.
...We must defeat them - that is, convince them that their goal is hopeless - as we did the Fascists in 1945 - as we did the Marxist-Leninists in 1991.
...We have the power. There is no great power that faces us.
...A key battlefield is the battle of the op-eds. It's a matter of our understanding, as a political culture, that we have a deep and committed enemy.
...Radical Islam's roots go to the 1920's. That is not to say there is a moderate Islam. Such a thing does not yet exist. But we can help it develop.
During the Q&A, Pipes discussed his views on the future of Europe. He stated that it appeared to him that there were two alternatives - Europe would be Islamized, or there would be civil war there to prevent Islamization and protect European culture. He anticipated that within 10-15 years, it would begin to become evident which way Europe is headed.
