Newt Gingrich spoke before the Young America’s Foundation in Washington and outlined more of his thesis that we are in the beginning parts of a Third World War:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Georgia) painted a grim picture for a group of young conservatives Monday, telling them that unless terrorism is defeated overseas then the United States will be fighting this war on the home front.
“The morning they get nuclear and biological capabilities, the war is not going to be over there,” Gingrich said in a speech before the Young America’s Foundation.
He told the college-aged students that “we are in an emerging third world war” — a warning he has been expressing both publicly and privately. On Monday, he cited North Korea, Iran, the various terrorist organizations and Venezuela and Cuba as proof of the “scale” of the threat.
“If our enemies get a nuclear or biological weapon, they are going to use it,” he said. “This is not the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was a tired, atheist, bureaucracy.
“If you are an atheist and then you become a suicide bomber you don’t get to go anywhere,” he added, referencing the religious glory some suicide bombers are promised for sacrificing their lives.
It’s a controversial thesis, for sure, but the evidence in favor of it is all around us, from India to Afghanistan to Iraq to Lebanon to Spain to New York and Washington. The common denominator in all these cases was and is Radical Islam. They believe this is war between civilizations, and maybe it’s time for the rest of us to start thinking about it that way.
Gingrich also touched on speculation that he might run for President in 2008:
“I will think about it, next fall of ‘07,” Gingrich said in an interview with the Grind following his address.
A Republican source familiar with Gingrich, told the Grind that Gingrich is seeking to “create a position for himself as sort of the idea person and see where it is in a year from now.
“If the environment is right then he can decide whether he wants to run for president or not,” the source said. “And if he doesn’t run, he can still contribute to the dialogue.”
Alot can happen in a year, and the 2006 elections will have a major effect on who is considered a viable Presidential candidate. As the outsider, Gingrich might just have an advantage that the others will not.
August 1st, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Thanks for posting this. Newt is usually right 10 years ahead of his time.