Like the kiwi which lost its ability to fly in the absence of predators...

"...young New Zealanders have lost the important roles defense and patriotism play in their own nation's health and security.
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For millions of years the kiwi thrived in its isolation. However today it is endangered by introduced predators including stoats, dogs, cats, weasels - and just about anything else that is fast enough to catch it. Only human intervention has saved the flightless bird from extinction. Likewise New Zealand has thrived under the global security umbrella provided by the United States and its neighbor Australia. While radical Islam hasn't caught hold in the nation yet, the support of jihadis in Iraq by some in New Zealand along with the nation's anti-American bigotry should give New Zealanders pause for one important reason:

The weasel is a greater threat to the kiwi than to the eagle."

Read it all at Dean's World.

Hat tip: Instapundit.

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