One more thought: I think conservatives should be pointing out other aspects of Islamist political incorrectness more often. It seems to me that one of the great frustrations of the war on terror is that the moment conservatives forcefully joined the fight against Islamism, and too many on the Left abandoned their vocal hatred of Islamism. In the late 1990s, the Taliban was a grand cause of feminists. It now seems like the only time the Left denounces the “Taliban” is when they’re referring to the fictional “Taliban wing of the Republican party.” (Of course, when Bush was president, liberals were chomping at the bit to take the fight to Afghanistan, where it belonged.)

Calling out the Left on such hypocrisy strikes me as perfectly legitimate and worthwhile. What doesn’t seem worthwhile is then condemning liberals — like Obama — when they adopt such concerns to help rally their base to the war effort.