Ms.Fallaci was an Italian and a true New Yorker. We need more Orianas.
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Huh? The terrorists killed her?

While I appreciated her comments about terror, Islam, immigration and her support of Israel, I really can not forget the fact that she also had blindspots, namely to the evils of Communism in Southeast Asia some three and a half decades ago like too many liberal boatpeople from 60s radicalism.

She was never worried about being charged with a hate crime in Italy for her book warning us of Islamic Fascism. She knew that cancer would kill her before she could be sent to jail.

Every government of every European country was against her book. But it was the best seller in every country for many months. Obviously, there are other people in Europe who are worried about Islamic Fascism even if their leaders aren't.

She was a fighter from the day she was born. She joined the Italian resistance and fought the Nazis when she was 14. Compare her to the Fascist ass-kissers and collaborators that the MSM employs today.

Here is a quote from an excellent speech she gave last week in NYC:

“In Europe, we too have our Ward Churchills, our Noam Chomskys, our Michael Moores, our Lewis Farrakhans.” And they are doing immense damage to the unity, will and cultural identity of the people. In Europe as in America, the new thought police ban Christmas observances to avoid offending Muslims; history is rewritten to depict Islam as having built a civilization of peace and mercy (regardless of the preponderance of evidence to the contrary), while Europe’s own Judeo-Christian civilization is regarded as “a spark of a cigarette – gone.” A spent force. In Leftist-controlled municipalities, police stand idly by while Muslim hooligans demonstrate their contempt for European society and culture by urinating upon and otherwise desecrating churches. Fallaci: “This is considered ‘freedom of expression’ – unless the offense is committed against Muslims.”

They won nothing. She's our martyr ... her words will inspire generations.

My God, I'm agreing with sam. The world does need more people of this ilk. Journalists who ask hard questions of the powerful in order to keep them in check. I always remember when Kissinger stormed out of an interview when it was suggested he should hand his peace prize back (because when he was 'deserving it', he was also bombing Cambodia illegally). It was priceless.