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Pope Benedict XVI's citation of "the erudite Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus" was historically accurate. Islamists did follow "the command to spread by the sword the faith [Muhammad] preached." They inhabit the kind of bellicose society liberalism has done so much to bleach out of America. As a result, despite having brave soldiers armed with high-tech weapons who win every pitched battle, America teeters on the edge of military collapse from a lack of will to do what is needed, on a large enough scale and long enough to defeat Islamic militants.