Who speaks for us? This article on MSNBC talks about how GW is courting Muslims during Ramadan. One thing that I find amusing is how sarcastically some conservative commentators like Rod Dreher use the term "Religion of Peace," when GW was the first one to parrot it widely. One reason I call myself a conservative is because I think the Right is willing to defend the West and European civilization in particular. GW's accommodation with Islam and attempts to add it to the Catholic-Protestant-Jew consensus is predictable-he is a politician after all. On the other hand since we can't look to the Left to defend the West what other option do we have? Like religious conservatives, perhaps those of us who consider ourselves civilizational traditionalists might be stuck with a Republican party that takes us for granted-talking about American values, while offering amnesty to millions of illegals and pushing bilingual education.