1 Overcome communism, have we? Property rights of Americans are diminishing by the minute. As for overcoming radical Islam, there's no adequate resolve in America. We're completely occupied "winning the hearts and minds" of the radicals. 9-11 was not enough. We lost in Viet Nam, tied in Korea. There's no win since VJ, 60 years ago. Our own media and our legacy communists have us by the throats. "Triumphalist" is on the nose, though. Nice word.

2 Communism is alive and well in the U.S.(S.)A. Just look at California where they're trying to unleash weapons of mass destruction on unsuspecting Californians...

3 We lost in Viet Nam, tied in Korea. No "we" in Korea, The Korean war was a United Nations operation, let them take the blame/fame.

4 We "beat" communism, right. If by "beat" you mean "watched as it imploded onto itself," sure. As much as I like Reagan, he took credit for the fact that, basically, all the cowards before him wern't able to surrender America to the USSR, and that communism defeats itself when left alone. Anyway, we're going to "beat" islamism, sure - as in, Islamism is an unsustainable tenant that will destroy itself - but, much like the communists, its going to be a rough ride if we don't defend ourselves from it in the meantime.

5 I have to agree with a couple here. Communism caused the USSR to collapse just like Islamic rule will if left alone. The west keeps sending aid to the Middle East though which, keeps power going to the respirator. But communism didn't die. It's alive and well and always looking for a new home. When the USSR fell the communists here in the US came out of the closet and actually formed a overt political party. Which is good AND bad. Now we can see them and keep an eye on them, but now they can also openly proselytize in our colleges under the guise of the "open sharing of ideas". When MiB says Islamism is unsustainable, he's right. Islam can't make it in the free market world. When your product demands more than it gives in return, you go out of business.

6 MiB, the winner is the last one standing, even if one must compromise to do so, the rest is just details. That said, neither Communism or Fascism are dead, just as the Middle Ages still exist in dark corners of the globe, and those who were our enemies before are still our enemies now, and will be so until they are all dead. That, however, is the sticking point; they won't die if we don't kill them, and no matter how many of them we kill, if we don't stop them from spreading their ideologies and recruiting even from amongst us, they will never go away. It has been said recently that the Constitution is not a suicide pact; it would be well for us to remember that, and that this is our nation, left to us in trust by those who built it, and we are not bound to honor any claim to it by any person or group who does not wish to abide by its laws and customs, even if they are native born to the tenth generation, and we have no obligation to allow Rights to those who would deny them to us. So, liberals, Communists, Fascists, religious fanatics, and all other enemies of Liberty, known and unknown, must be fought at every turn by every means necessary, because they will never stop attacking us, our Rights, and our country. Aut Pax, Aut Bellum

7 Communism isn't dead, it is being taught in public schools all over America. Mr. Bennish's tirade is just the tip of the iceberg.

8 What we all mean here is that totalitarianism is alive and well, whether it be secular in the form of communism and fascism, or religious in the form of Islam. No matter the form, it seeks to destroy what we have here in America and the West, and we need to destroy or at least shove it into the dark corners of the World. I'm not sure ignorance, hate, jealousy, greed, etc. can ever be destroyed, but the reason for the existance of civilization is to hold these things back in an attempt to make the World a better place. It is our place to do our best with what we have.