A Fourth of July reflection

This is from Robert Spencer, the founder of the Jihad Watch website. He penned an excellent piece, intersplicing therein quotes from the Koran and Islamic "thinkers" on how the principles for which we are fighting are so important: http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021628.php. Links to it have already popped up on several blogs, but I felt compelled to include it on mine as well. Please read it all.